56. Which institution(s) is responsible for examining financial reports and/or investigating violations?

s27(b) Election Offences Act 1954, 

The MACC Act 2009 was enacted for the establishment of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), as an effort to deal with corruption more effectively. Sections 3 and 7 of the Act empower the commission to take action against parties, their agents and members who breach the provisions of EOA 1954. Section 3(c) of the MACC Act7 defines “prescribed offences” as offences which include “an offence under Part III of the Election Offences Act 1954”. Section 7 of the MACC Act8 reads, “The officers of the Commission shall have the following functions: (a) to receive and consider any report of the commission of an offence under this Act and investigate such of the reports as the Chief Commissioner or the officers consider practicable; (b) to detect and investigate— (i) any suspected offence under this Act; (ii) any suspected attempt to commit any offence under this Act; and (iii) any suspected conspiracy to commit any offence under this Act.”