58. What sanctions are provided for political finance infractions?

52AE (3) Every person who wilfully makes, or causes to be made, any false entry in, or omission from

a) any report or statement under subsection (1); or

(b) the accounting records referred to in section 52AD(1)(a), commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction in a Resident Magistrate's Court to a fine not exceeding one million dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Source: Article 52AE (3), Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2014

52AJ.(1) Where a political party that has received state funding(

a) fails to comply with its obligations under this Act; or

(b) submits information to the Commission that contains or is based on a false or misleading representation or information which is false in a material particular,

it ceases to be entitled to receive state funding in accordance with section 52AI(2), and the Commission may suspend the payment of state funding to that political party in accordance with this section.

Source: Article 52AJ (1) Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2014

Fine 1,000,000 JMD

Imprisonment for maximum 12 months

Suspension of the public funding