57. What power is granted to the institution(s) responsible for examining reports and/or investigating violations?

Article 9e - Act on Political Parties (1969) last amended in 2010.

Article 10 - Act on Candidate's Election Funding (2009) last amended in 2015.

See also: OSCE/ODIHR (2018) Republic of Finland, Presidential Election, 28 January 2018. OSCE/ODIHR Needs Assessment Mission Report. OSCE/ODIHR, Warsaw, p.7. 

The NAO is vested with sanctioning powers in situations where required documents or information are not submitted, corrected or completed. According to the 2000 Act on National Audit Office, the NAO has discretion to determine the amount of the sanction. Sanctions are imposed following repeated reminders to correct a mistake or submit a missing document.