56. Which institution(s) is responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations?
Israel
"a) Within 16 weeks from the date on which the election results are published, the representatives of a party group or candidate list shall submit to the State Comptroller their accounts for the election period ... b) Within 22 weeks after receiving the accounts mentioned in subsection (a), the State Comptroller shall deliver to the Chairman of the Knesset an account of the audit results.... c) No later than May 1, after the end of each financial year, the representatives of a party group or list of candidates shall submit to the State Comptroller their accounts for that year...d) No later than October 1 each year, the State Comptroller shall submit to the Chairman of the Knesset a report on the results of the audits of the accounts mentioned in subsection (c)."
Source: Article 10(a-d), Parties Financing Law, 1973.
"28v(a)(1) A candidate shall submit to the State Comptroller, no later than six weeks after the date of the pimariesr a financial report on his income and expenses due to the preliminary elections ... 28x(a) Within 12 weeks of the last date under section 28 for submission of reports, the State Comptroller shall submit to the Chairman of the Knesset, the Parties Registrar and the Party's Audit Institute a report on the audit of the party's electoral system in the primaries."
Source: Article 28v(a)(1)-28x(a), Parties Law, 1992.