49. Do candidates have to report on their election campaign finances?

52. (1) Within forty-two days after the day on which the result of the election is declared, the election agent of every candidate at the election shall transmit to the Chief Election Officer a true return in the form set out as Form No. 4 in the Prescribed Forms Rules containing, as respects that candidate, a statement of all payments made by the election agent together with all the bills and receipts.

(2) The return shall deal under a separate heading or subheading with any expenses included in the return -

(a) with respect to which a return is required to be made under section 47(3); or

(b) which are on account of the remuneration or expenses of speakers at public meetings.

(3) The return shall also contain with respect to that candidate -

(a) a statement of the amount of personal expenses, if any, paid by the candidate;

(b) a statement of all disputed claims of which the election agent is aware;

(c) a statement of all the unpaid claims, if any, of which the election agent is aware, in respect of which application has been or is about to be made to the High Court;

(d) a statement of all money, securities and equivalent of money received by the election agent from the candidate or any other person for the purposes of

election expenses incurred or to be incurred, with a statement of the name of every person from whom they may have been received. [...]

Source: Article 52, Representation of the People Act, 1967 (updated 2015)

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