58. What sanctions are provided for political finance infractions?

Article 18 (2).

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No donations shall be permitted in favor of a political party or its structural divisions (branches and representative offices) from:

1. any foreign states and legal entities, or international organizations;

2. any foreigners and stateless persons;

3.  any legal entities with foreign participation;

4. from state bodies and state organisations;

5. religious associations and charities;

6. anonymous donors.

7. from citizens or non-governmental organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan which are receiving grants and other funds from international or foreign non-governmental organizations.

Article 14

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(5) According to the decision of the court a political party may be liquidated in the following cases:

- financing by foreign legal entities and citizens, foreign states and international organizations, accepting by a political party donations, prohibited by this Act.

(Law on Political Parties of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2002, available at https://online.zakon.kz/Document/?doc_id=1032141#pos=235;-107 accessed January 2018).

Article 34

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(5) The money resources received above the established limit shall not be included in the election funds. account number and shall be returned to the citizens and organizations that have donated the money. At that, the expenses connected to return of the indicated money are covered at the expense of the citizens and organizations that have contributed the funds. Anonymous donations shall be turned to the in the revenues of the Republican budget.

 (Constitutional Act of the Republic of Kazakhstan, On Elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1995 available at https://www.election.gov.kz/rus/normativno-pravovaya-baza-vyborov/zakon-respubliki-kazakhstan/zakon-o-vyborakh-v-respublike-kazakhstan.php  accessed January 2018).