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Article 225
 

Election funds of Political Parties, Blocks of Political Parties and Candidates to Municipal Membership.

225.1   Election funds of candidates for member of a municipality can be formed through the following monetary means:

225.1.1 The amount of special funds of candidates for membership of a municipality



·                    not more than 2000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day – for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.1



·                    not more than 1500 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.2.;



·                    not more than 1000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.3.;



·                    not more than 500 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.4.;



·                    not more than 250 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.5.;



·                    not more than 150 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.6.;



225.1.2            election funds of political parties or blocks of political parties with nominated candidates for membership of a municipality amounting to:



·                    not more than 1500 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.1.;



·                    not more than 1000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.2.;



·                    not more than 750 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.3.;



·                    not more than 500 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.4.;



·                    not more than 250 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.5.;



·                    not more than 100 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.6.;



 

225.1.3            funds allocated by a Constituency Election Commission on equal basis to candidates for membership of a municipality at latest within 3 days after the registration of candidates is over, except for the cases defined by Article 233.8 of this Code;

225.1.4            voluntary donations from citizens not more than 100 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the Election Day.

225.1.5            voluntary donations of legal entities that are:



·                    not more than 2000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.1.;



·                    not more than 1500 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.2.;



·                    not more than 750 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.3.;



·                    not more than 500 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.4.;



·                    not more than 250 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.5.;



·                    not more than 150 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.6.;



 

225.2.  Maximum limit of the funds of candidates for membership of a municipality cannot exceed:



·                    10000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day - for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.1;



·                    7500 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.2.;



·                    5000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.3.;



·                    2500 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.4.;



·                    1500 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.5.;



·                    1000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the election day -  for candidates for membership of a municipality mentioned in Article 215.1.6.



 

225.3   Municipalities can allocate funds of equal amounts, to election funds of candidates nominated within their territory.

 



225.4        Political parties and blocks of political parties, which have nominated or registered candidates on more than one third of municipalities, can create a unified election fund.



 



225.5        Election funds of political parties and blocks of political parties can be organized from the following monetary means:



the special funds of political parties and block of political parties — the amount of the special funds cannot be more than 50 thousand times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of official publication of the decision on determination of the elections (these special funds of the block of political parties can be formed from funds provided by the political parties that constitute the block);



funds allocated for political parties and block of political parties by the Central Election Commission, except the cases considered by this Code;



voluntary donations of citizens and legal entities. Limit of voluntary donations cannot be more than 150 times the minimum salary for citizens and 5,000 times the minimum salary for legal entities, which is in force on the day of publication of the decision on determination of the elections.





 



The maximum limit of the election fund assets of a political party or block of political parties shall be determined through multiplying the amount stipulated in Article 225.3 of this Code by the number of nominated or registered candidates. In any case, the maximum limit of the election fund assets of a political party or block of political parties cannot exceed 100,000 times the minimum salary, which is in force on the day of publication of the decision on determination of the elections.  At the same time, the amount expended for each candidate should not exceed the amount provided for in Article 225.3 of this Code. Observance of this condition should be indicated in financial statements of political parties or blocks of political parties.