20. Is there a limit on the amount a candidate can contribute to their own election campaign?

Fiji

Fiji

Answer
Yes, donation limit for private persons apply
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

An election candidate can not make a donation exceeding $10,000 in an year to his party or his election campaign.

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