58. What sanctions are provided for political finance infractions?

The Registrar has twice resorted to these provisions to deregister parties that failed to submit annual returns; in 1998 14 parties were deregistered in this way and in 2006 a further 13 parties were deregistered (Zambia News Online 1998, BBC 2006).

(See: EISA (2006) Zambia: Party financial disclosure. Available at: https://eisa.org.za/wep/zamparties7.htm).

"Any person who is found guilty of an illegal practice shall be liable on, conviction, to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand penalty units or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, or to both."

(Section 87, the Electoral Act, 2006).