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(1) In each electoral term all operational allowances shall be paid out by the Ministry of Finance at the request of individual political parties and movements in two biannual instalments in arrears. The instalment for the first half shall be paid out by 30th June and the instalment for the second half by 1st December. It is necessary to present a separate request for each instalment.
(2) The Ministry of Finance shall suspend its payment of operational allowance, if
a) no annual financial report is presented to the Chamber of Deputies,
b) the presented annual report is incomplete according to the findings of the Chamber of Deputies, or
c) a legal action is launched pursuant to Article 15.
(3) An operational allowance whose payment has been suspended in compliance with Section 2 shall be paid out by the Ministry of Finance at the request of the relevant political party or movement if
a) the political party or movement presents its annual financial report and it is complete in accordance with the findings of the Chamber of Deputies,
b) a judicial decision rejecting a proposal for suspension of all activities of the political party or movement becomes legally effective and the activities of the political party or movement have not been suspended, or
c) the activities of the political party or movement are renewed (Article 14, Section 3).
(4) The Chamber of Deputies checks once a year
a) whether the annual financial reports presented by individual political parties and movements within the time limit defined in Article 18, Sections 1 and 2 herein are complete,
b) whether the annual financial reports presented by individual political parties in previous years and classified by the Chamber of Deputies as incomplete have been completed and whether those annual financial reports which were not supplied at all in previous years have been provided; all incomplete annual financial reports must be completed and all due annual financial reports forwarded to the Chamber of Deputies within the time limit specified in Subsection a).
The Chamber of Deputies shall inform the Ministry of Finance of its findings on 7 June of each calendar year at the latest.
(5) The Ministry of Finance shall adjust the amount of the next instalment of operating allowance accordingly if the conditions determining its calculation change during the year.