Political Donations Bill
Table of Contents
Long Title
Enacting Formula
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Short title and commencement
2 Interpretation
3 Meaning of "donation"
4 Excluded donations
5 Value of donations
6 Acceptance, receipt, etc., of donations: general
7 Registrar of Political Donations, etc.
Part II DONATIONS TO POLITICAL ASSOCIATIONS
Division 1 — Restrictions on donations
8 Donations from permissible donors only
9 Return of donations
10 Return of donations whose donors are unidentifiable
11 Forfeiture of donations not made by permissible donors, etc.
Division 2 — Reporting of donations by political associations
12 Annual donation report
13 Submission of accompanying declarations
Part III DONATIONS TO CANDIDATES
14 Prohibition of donations from impermissible donors
15 Return of donations
16 Return of donations whose donors are unidentifiable
17 Forfeiture of donations not made by permissible donors, etc.
Division 2 — Declarations and donation reports
18 Political donation certificate for nomination day
19 Post-election donation reports and declarations
Part IV OBLIGATIONS OF CERTAIN DONORS
20 Donations on behalf of others
21 Reporting of multiple small donations to political associations
Part V OFFENCES
22 Offences in connection with donation reports, etc.
23 Evasion of restrictions on donations
24 Non-reporting of small donations
25 Corporate offenders and unincorporated associations
26 Seizable offence
27 Composition of offences
28 Sanction to prosecute
29 Monitoring powers of Registrar
30 Supply of false or misleading information to Registrar, etc.
Part VI MISCELLANEOUS
31 Register of donations
32 Regulations and amendment of Schedule
33 No regulations between writ and return respecting election expenses
34 Supplementary provisions about forfeiture orders under section 11 or 17
35 Saving
36 Related amendments to Parliamentary Elections Act
37 Related amendments to Presidential Elections Act
Explanatory Statement
Expenditure of Public Money