58. What sanctions are provided for political finance infractions?

"The infringement of the provisions of the funding of political parties by the person in charge of finances within the political party or the individual assigned by the party statute [to carry out this duty] shall be punishable by a fine of 50 000 to 100 000 ALL.
2. The infringement of the obligation of the political party to cooperate with the certified accounting expert assigned by the Central Election Commission shall be subject to a fine of 1 000 000 to 2 000 000 ALL.
3. Failure or refusal to make the financial sources of the political party transparent or to allow the auditing by the certified accounting expert of Central Election Commission to take place shall be subject to a fine ranging from 2 000 000 ALL to 5 000 000 ALL and/or a five-year suspension to fund the political party.
4. The failure to submit the financial report within the established timeframe or the submission of reports which fail to comply with the standardised template approved by the Central Election Commission shall be subject to a fine of 50 000 to 100 000 ALL.
5. Non-public funds received by the political party, if the identity of the donor is unknown or not clearly defined, shall be passed on to the Central Election Commission.
6. Receipt of non-public funds in excess of one hundred thousand ALL and the failure to go through with the transaction through a bank account shall be subject to a fine of 30% of the donated amount”.  Source:  Article 23/4, Law on Political Parties, 2017

"The request or the acceptance by the voter of money, material goods or other favours in any form in contradiction with the law, for one’s own self or for the others, to provide the signature to field a candidate in the elections, to vote in a certain way, to participate or not in the elections or to get engaged in illegal activities in support of a candidate or political party constitutes a criminal offence and is punishable by imprisonment of one year to five years".  Source : Article 328/b Passive corruption in elections, LAW No. 7895, dated 27 January 1995 CRIMINAL CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA (Amended by law no. 36/2017) (Amended by law no.89/2017