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A fine ranging from HRK 50,000.00 to HRK 500,000.00 shall be imposed for the following misdemeanours:
- a political party, independent list holders and candidates use the funds in contravention to the provision of Article 2, paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Act,
- a political party fails to keep records of membership fees and voluntary contributions received and fails to issue receipts thereof, and independent list holders and candidates fail to keep records of voluntary contributions received and fail to issue receipts thereof, in line with the provision of Article 3, paragraph 4 of this Act,
- a political party fails to keep business books and to publicly display the origin and manner of using the funds, and independent list holders and candidates fail to publicly display the origin and manner of using the funds, in line with the provisions of Articles 18 and 19 of this
Act,
- a political party, independent list holders and candidates exert political or any other pressure against natural and legal persons, or promise political or any other counterservices, benefits or personal gains to natural and legal persons when collecting voluntary contributions (donations), in line with the provision of Article 1 of this Act,
- independent list holders and candidates fail to open a separate account for the financing of electoral campaign costs, in line with the provision of Article 26 of this Act,
- independent Members of Parliament and independent members of representative bodies of local and regional self-government units fail to open a separate account for the regular financing of their work, in line with the provision of Article 26 paragraph 5 of this Act.
A fine ranging from HRK 10,000.00 (ten thousand) to HRK 20,000.00 (twenty thousand) shall be imposed against persons authorised to act on behalf of and represent a political party and persons responsible for the financial operations of a political party.