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A political party and a registered association of a political party may receive contributions as prescribed below. For the purposes of this Act, a registered association of a political party means an association that belongs to a political party or its member association according to their rules and regulations.

Contributions to a political party or to a registered association of a political party shall include items received by it in money, as goods, services or in some other similar manner. However, contribution does not refer to:
1) ordinary voluntary work or ordinary free services;
2) items of market value relating to the ordinary organisational activities or management of assets of a political party or a registered association of a political party;
3) items received by a political party and its registered association from each other;
4) proceeds from permanent business operations carried out by a political party or a registered association of a political party, on market terms, in the public marketplace;
5) proceeds from investment activities carried out by a political party or a registered association of a political party;
6) the party subsidy referred to in section 9 or a similar subsidy based on the law or state or municipal budget.

Contributions received during a campaign period shall be regarded as contributions to a campaign of a political party or a registered association of a political party. For the purposes of this Act, a campaign period shall refer to a period that begins six months before an election day and ends two weeks after the election day.