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Article 95
 

Openness in Spending of Election Funds.

95.1.    Copies of financial reports of registered candidates, political parties and blocks of political parties which have a registered candidate, referendum campaign groups shall be published within 5 days after their receipt by the relevant election commissions.

95.2.    The relevant bank shall inform the Central Election Commission about the funds entered to and spent from the election funds of candidates, registered candidates, political parties and blocks of political parties not less than once a week, and if there are 10 days remaining until the Election Day – not less than once in three banking days, in the manner determined by the Central Election Commission. The State Automated Information Systems can be used for these purposes and dissemination of such information shall not be allowed. Accordingly, Constituency Election Commissions or the Central Election Commission shall submit the information on collecting and expenditure of election funds to the mass media, regularly, not less than once every two weeks up to the Election Day. The relevant election commission shall inform registered candidates, political parties and blocks of political parties, about their collection and expenditure of election funds, provided by the relevant bank, based on their official request.

95.3.    The periodicals considered by the Articles 77.2., 77.3 and 77.4. of this Code shall be obliged to publish information on the receipt and expenditure of funds given to them by the relevant election commissions.

95.4.    The Relevant executive authorities shall submit information on founders of a legal entity or legal entities, presence or lack of state, municipal or foreign share in legal entities charter capital, name of legal entity, date of registration of legal entity to the relevant election commissions within five days after the list of legal entities which have contributed donations to the candidates, political parties and blocks of political parties is received from the relevant election commissions. This information shall be submitted in accordance with format defined by the Central Election Commission. State Automated Information System can be used for these purposes and dissemination of such information shall not be allowed.

95.5.    The relevant election commission shall provide candidates, registered candidates, political parties and blocks of political parties with information received by the commission immediately, in accordance with their request.

95.6.    If the relevant election commission receives information about contribution that violates the requirements of  Articles 90 and 93 of this Code, the relevant candidate, registered candidate, political parties,  blocks of political parties and campaign groups on referendum shall be informed about this immediately.

Article 96. Financial Provision of Election Commissions’ Activity.



Funds allocated for preparation and holding of elections and for organization of election commissions’ activities shall be used by the election commissions independently for the purposes defined by this Code.





The following directions of activities of election commission shall be financed from the state budget including balance of funds from the previous elections:



participation of registered candidates, political party and block of political parties, referendum campaign groups which have a registered single lists of candidates in formation of election funds, in accordance with the rules and amount defined by this Code;



transport expenditures and compensations paid for candidates registered for an election constituency (constituencies) in accordance with the rules and amount determined in Article 70 of this Code;



payment of salaries for members of election commissions with decisive voting rights, employees of election commissions or supernumerary  employees who work in election commission on the basis of civil contract;



producing stamps, implementing printing activities, acquiring technical equipment and its installation;



transport expenditures, as well as transport expenditures in remote and difficult to access districts;



transportation and security of election documents;



. implementation of proposed programs in the field of  development of election systems, voters education and election organizers’ education;



payment of business trips and other expenses regarding the elections; other expenses regarding powers and functions of election commissions.







Members of the Central Election Commission shall be paid salary in the amount defined by the relevant executive power body. The right to an average monthly salary from the permanent place of residence of an election commission member with a decisive voting right, indicated in Articles 33.1 and 38.1 of this Code, during the preparation and holding of elections, as well as during compilation of voters lists should be preserved and he/she be paid additional compensation by the relevant election commission in accordance with rules and amount defined by the Central Election Commission.





The rules for the transfer of money allocated by the Central Election Commission for other election commissions, reporting, registration, opening and closing of bank accounts shall be defined and agreed by the Central Election Commission and the National Bank at least 90 days prior to the voting day. Election commissions shall conduct financial records of expenditure of funds allocated from the state budget.





The Central Election Commission together with the National Bank, shall define and agree on samples of financial reports of election commissions on receipt and expenditure of funds allocated for the preparation and conduct of elections, document on receipt and expenditure of election funds of candidates, registered candidates, political parties, blocks of political parties at least 110 days prior to the voting day.





The Precinct Election Commission shall submit its financial report on receipt and expenditure of election funds allocated from the state budget to the Constituency Election Commission within 5 days after the voting day.





The Constituency Election Commission shall submit to the Central Election Commission  its financial report on receipt and expenditure of funds allocated from the state budget within 10 days after the voting day.





The Constituency Election Commission shall submit information on receipt and expenditure of election funds of candidates and registered candidates to the Central Election Commission within 10 days after final results of elections are officially published.





The Central Election Commission shall provide the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Milli Majlis and the mass media with information about use of funds in the budget amounts, use of election funds by candidates, registered candidates, expenditure of election funds of political parties and blocks of political parties and referendum campaign groups within three months after official results of elections are published. The information mentioned above should be published by the official press of the Central Election Commission within a month starting the date it submitted this information to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and to the Milli Majlis.