43. Are there limits on the amount that third parties can spend on election campaign activities?

"(1) For the purpose of this Act, the term ""election expenses"" means money, goods, obligation, or other things of economic value required for the election campaign in the election concerned and borne by a candidate (including a person intending to become a candidate, and including a political party which recommends a candidate in the presidential election, in the election of the proportional representative National Assembly members and in the election of the proportional representative local council members; hereafter in this paragraph, the same shall apply) and expenses falling under any of the following subparagraphs:  
1. Any expenses disbursed by a candidate for an election campaign, in contravention of this Act or the provisions concerning the restriction on contributions;
2. Any expenses disbursed by a political party, the head of a political party's election campaign office, the spouse and lineal ascendants or descendants of a candidate, election campaign manager, the chief of the election campaign liaison office and accountants in charge, for election campaigns (including illegal election campaigns; hereafter the same shall apply in this paragraph) of the relevant candidates and expenses disbursed, in contravention of provisions concerning the restriction on contributions;
3. Any expenses disbursed by persons, who have been appointed as election campaign manager, the chief of the election campaign liaison office and accountants in charge, for election campaigns of the relevant candidates until they are appointed and reported, and expenses disbursed, in contravention of provisions concerning the restriction on contributions;
4. Any expenses disbursed by any person, even if he/she does not fall under subparagraphs 2 and 3, in collusion with a candidate or persons prescribed under subparagraph 2 or 3, for election campaigns of the relevant candidates, and expenses disbursed, in contravention of provisions concerning the restriction on contributions.
Article 119, Public Officials Election Act, 2023"