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1. Our Minister may determine to impose an administrative penalty in respect of any act or omission which is in breach of that established by or by virtue of articles 20, section one, preamble and under b and (e), 21, sections one and three, 23, section one, 25, section one, preamble and under a, b, c and d, section two, 27, sections three and four, 28, section one, preamble and under a and b, and section two, 29, sections one, two and five, 30, section one or two, preamble and under a and b, 31, sections one, two and three, 32, section one or two, and 33, section one or two.
2. In section one, articles 30, 31, 32 and 33 are to be taken in connection with the provisions applied mutatis mutandis in these articles.
3. Fines may be imposed on the political party, the subsidiary institution, the association, referred to in article 31, or on the candidate, referred to in article 32.
4. In respect of any act or omission which is in breach of one of the article sections or parts thereof mentioned in section one, the fine applied shall be of a maximum of 25,000 euros.
5. No administrative penalty shall be imposed in respect of any act or omission by associations, as provided for in article 31, where perpetrated before the day of the registration of the designation, referred to in article 31.
6. No administrative penalty shall be imposed for any act or omission, as referred to in section one, by candidates as provided for in article 32, if perpetrated before the day of the candidacy for the election, referred to in article 32.
7. Rules governing the amount of the penalties to be imposed may be established by an order in council
8. The amount of the penalty shall accrue to the State.
9. If a political party receives a subsidy, Our Minister may compensate a penalty imposed on the party with the subsidy.
10. If a political party pays an amount to a subsidiary institution pursuant to article 11, Our Minister may compensate a penalty imposed on the subsidiary institution with the subsidy received by the party for the benefit of said subsidiary institution.