58. What sanctions are provided for political finance infractions?

For serious violations of the law or for inaccurate reporting, the audit committee can reduce public funding to a party by half for the following year. In case of repeated breaches during the same legislature, the funding shall not be granted for the year.

Violations of the ban on anonymous donations are subject to criminal sanctions consisting of imprisonment from 20 to 60 days, and disqualification from suffrage rights, from 2 to 5 years.

Source: OSCE/ODIHR (2016), Republic of San Marino, Early Parliamentary Elections, 20 November 2016, OSCE/ODIHR Needs Assessment Mission Report, OSCE/ODIHR, Warsaw

394. Anyone who, during State elections, uses violence, threat or deceit, or offers or promises undue benefits, reimbursements or subsidies for travel and accommodation expenses, to push a citizen to sign a declaration in support of a candidate, draft law, or referendum, or to abstain or not from voting, or to vote for a candidate or symbol, is punished with third-degree imprisonment and fourth-degree loss of political rights.

Source: Article 394, Criminal Code om Electoral Matters

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