25. Is there a ban on candidates taking loans in relation to election campaigns?
Bhutan
Source: Section 9 (9.1 and 9.2), Guidelines for Scrutiny of the Books of Accounts of the Registered Political Parties, 2015
9.1. No Party or a Candidate shall be permitted to take loans or advances from any institution, organization or an individual for the purpose of incurring expenditure on election campaign.
9.2. A Party however, can take loans or advances from the financial institution within the Kingdom of Bhutan for purposes other than election campaigning.
Source: Chapter 14 (137 & 138), Public Election Fund Act of the Kingdom of Bhutan, 2008
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No Political Party or a candidate shall be permitted to take loans or advances from any institution, organisation or an individual for the purpose of incurring expenditure on election campaign.
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A political party or candidate may, notwithstanding anything contained in section 137, take loans or advances from financial institutions within the country for purposes other than election campaigning.
