28. Are there provisions for direct public funding to political parties?

"The moneys of the Fund shall consist of monies the Fund appropriated by an Appropriation Act and paid into the Fund. The moneys of the Fund shall be applied by the Registrar for the payment of financial assistance to registered political parties.

The Registrar shall on or before 30th January each year Political determine the total amount of financial assistance to be paid out Parties of the Fund to the registered political parties which on the 1st day of January of that year are registered in the register kept under section 4 and are eligible for payment of financial assistance under subsection (2)."

(Sections 28&29(1), Political Parties Registration and Regulation Act, Cap 173).