41. Are there limits on the amount a candidate can spend?
Taiwan
《公職人員選舉罷免法》第41條
Article 41, Civil Servants Election And Recall Act(https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=D0020010)
《公職人員選舉罷免法》第41條
各種公職人員競選經費最高金額,除全國不分區及僑居國外國民立法委員選舉外,應由選舉委員會於發布選舉公告之日同時公告。
前項競選經費最高金額,依下列規定計算:
一、立法委員、直轄市議員、縣(市)議員、鄉(鎮、市)民代表、原住民區民代表選舉為以各該選舉區之應選名額除選舉區人口總數百分之七十,乘以基本金額新臺幣三十元所得數額,加上一固定金額之和。
二、直轄市長、縣(市)長、鄉(鎮、市)長、原住民區長、村(里)長選舉為以各該選舉區人口總數百分之七十,乘以基本金額新臺幣二十元所得數額,加上一固定金額之和。
前項所定固定金額,分別定為立法委員、直轄市議員新臺幣一千萬元、縣(市)議員新臺幣六百萬元、鄉(鎮、市)民代表、原住民區民代表新臺幣二百萬元、直轄市長新臺幣五千萬元、縣(市)長新臺幣三千萬元、鄉(鎮、市)長、原住民區長新臺幣六百萬元、村(里)長新臺幣二十萬元。
Article 41, Civil Servants Election And Recall Act
The maximum campaign fund of each kind of civil servants shall be publicized by the election commission on the same day when the public notice for election is issued except for the national integrated election and overseas election of central civil servants.
The maximum campaign fund referred to in the preceding Paragraph shall be calculated pursuant to the following provisions:
1. For the election of members of the Legislative Yuan, municipal councilors, county (city) councilors, the representatives of a township (city) congress, and the representatives of an Indigenous district congress , the maximum shall be the sum of 70 % of the total population of the electoral district divided by the quota of elect and the multiply by the basic amount of NT$ 30, plus a fixed amount.
2. For the election of a municipal mayor, the governor of a county (city), the chief of an Indigenous district, and the chief of a village (borough), the maximum shall be the sum of 70 % of the total population of the electoral district divided by the quota of elect and then multiplied by the basic amount of NT$ 20, plus a fixed amount.
The fixed amount referred to in the preceding Paragraph is NT$ 10,000,000 for each member of the Legislative Yuan and municipal councilor, NT$ 6,000,000 for a county (city) councilor, NT$ 2,000,000 for a representative of an Indigenous district congress, NT$ 50,000,000 for a municipal mayor, NT$ 30,000,000 for the governor of a county (city), NT$ 6,000,000 for the chief of a township (city) and NT$ 200,000 for the chief of a village (borough).