18. Is there a limit on the amount a donor can contribute to a candidate?

Fiji

Fiji

Answer
Yes, for natural persons
Source

22 (2) Subject to subsection (6), any person who is a Fijian citizen or a former Fijian citizen shall not make any political donation to a political party or to a candidate for election to Parliament (or to any person on behalf of the political party who is involved in the administration of the affairs of the political party including any office holder of the political party, or to any person on behalf of the candidate) of an amount exceeding $10,000 in any one year (whether to one or more registered political parties or candidates).

(6) Subsection (2) shall not apply to any political donation made by any founding member of the political party as political donation to the initial assets of the party within the first year of its existence

Section 22, Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Act 2013, amended in 2021

Comment

The total amount an individual donor can contribute to all parties/candidates in an year is FJ$10,000

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