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Article 159
 

Transparency in Use of Election Funds During Elections to the Milli Majlis.

159.1   The following information about the candidate registered or nominated on a single-mandate constituency should be necessarily published in mass media in conformity with the rules mentioned in Article 77.3 of this Code:

159.1.1            on the financial statement of expenditure of funds, if the election funds exceed 2,000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of publication of the decision on the determination of the elections, for political parties and blocks of political parties and 500 times - for a candidate and registered candidate;

159.1.2            on the legal entities who contributed donations to the election funds which exceed 1,000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of publication of the decision on determination of the elections, for political party and block of political parties and 250 times – for a candidate or registered candidate (in this case, the possibility of transfer of funds through several installments of donations should be taken into account);

159.1.3            on the number of citizens who contributed donations more than 50 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of publication of the decision on the determination of the elections;

159.1.4            on the funds returned to the contributors and the grounds of return;



on the total amount received by election fund and total amount of its expenditure.





The following information about the unified election fund of the political party and block of political parties should obligatorily be published in mass media in conformity with the rules mentioned in Article 77.2 of this Code:



on the financial statement of expenditure of funds, if the election funds exceed 2,000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of publication of the decision on the determination of the elections;



on the legal entities who contributed donations to the election funds which exceed 1,000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of publication of the decision on determination of the elections (in this case, the possibility of transfer of funds through several instalments of donations should be taken into account);



on the number of citizens who contributed donations more than 50 times the minimum salary which is in force on the day of publication of the decision on the determination of the elections;



on funds returned to the contributors and the grounds for return;



on the total amount received by the election fund and total amount of its expenditures.