58. What sanctions are provided for political finance infractions?
Tunisia
- Fines
- Other
- Prison
- Loss of elected office
- Deregistration of party
- Loss of political rights
- Loss of nomination of candidate
Article 161 new of decree-law no. 2022-55 of 15 September 2022 amending and supplementing organic law no. 2014 of 26 May 2014 on elections and referendums: Article161 New - The following shall be punished by imprisonment from two to five years and a fine of two thousand to five thousand dinars:
-Every person who has been proven to have provided cash or in-kind gifts with the intention of influencing the voter, or used the same means to induce the voter to abstain from voting, whether before, during, or after the vote. In this case, the court must rule that the candidate loses his membership in the Assembly of People’s Representatives and deprive him of the right to run for life. It also stipulates that the voter beneficiary of gifts shall be deprived of his right to vote for a full period of ten years starting from the issuance of the final conviction ruling.
-Every person who intentionally obstructs any voter to prevent him from exercising his electoral right.
-Anyone who leaked voting papers outside the polling station.
Article 163 new of decree-law no. 2022-55 of 15 September 2022 amending and supplementing organic law no. 2014 of 26 May 2014 on elections and referendum: taking into account the requirements of Chapter 80 of this law, if it is proven to the Court of Accounts that the candidate, candidate list, or party has obtained funding from a foreign or unknown source for his electoral campaign, it shall rule obliging him to pay a financial fine ranging from ten to fifty times the amount of the value of the funding. Foreign or unknown source.
A candidate who enjoys foreign funding or whose source is unknown will lose his membership in the elected council, be punished with imprisonment for five years, and be obligatorily prohibited from running in any upcoming elections from the date of issuance of the conviction.
Unofficial English translation.
There are many sanctions, prison, fines, suspension or deregistration of the party, loss of political rights or elected office, or loss of nomination of candidate.
