58. What sanctions are provided for political finance infractions?

PART III, Financing of Political Parties Act, 2015, ammended in 2016

31. Any person who knowingly or negligently makes a  statement to the Commission on behalf of a political party, or of a member of a political party for any purpose of this Act, which statement is false in any material particular in which it is made, or purports to be made, shall be liable to an administrative fine not exceeding ten thousand euro (€10,000) and to suspension from holding office in a political party for a period not exceeding three months by way of administrative sanction.

P 8 'GRECO notes that administrative and criminal law sanctions may be imposed on independent election candidates for violations of political funding rules... Violations carry an administrative fine ranging between EUR 5 000 and EUR 20 000 and a forfeiture in favour of the state of an amount equal to the value of an illegal donation.' (Source: GRECO (October 2015) SecondInterim Compliance Report on Malta:'Transparency of Party Funding')

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