Return of Money by Candidates to Municipal Membership, Political Parties, Blocks of Political Parties, at their Own Expenses.
233.1 if there is no money or a shortage of money in the election fund, the state budget and municipal money shall be returned by the registered candidate, political party, block of political parties, and the cost of allocated free airtime and space in periodicals be reimbursed by political parties and blocks of political parties at their own expenses.
233.2 If a block of political parties is responsible for returning budget money allocated for payment of free airtime presented and space allocated in a periodical, the money to be returned shall be proportionally distributed among the political parties included in that block before voting day, with a condition, unless otherwise is established in the joint decision on creation of the block of political parties and submitted to the Central Election Commission.
233.3 If a registered candidate who is not considered by Article 230 of this Code undertakes to submit a final financial report and to return the funds in conformity with this Code, he/she can return funds of the state and municipal budget to be returned, correspondingly to the account of the Constituency Election Commission or municipal account, within 6 months effective from voting day.
233.4 Before the submission of the final financial report, the political parties, blocks of political parties, not considered by Article 230 of this Code and who do not fulfil requirements of Article 230 of this Code but undertake obligations before the Central Election Commissions, TV and Radio companies and periodicals to pay relevant amount of monetary funds to them, can be provided with a prolongation for the period of 6 months starting from the voting day to pay for the amounts of state and municipal budgets as well as cost for used free airtime and space in periodicals.
233.5 If the obligations considered by Articles 233.3 and 233.4 of this Code are not fulfilled and if the period mentioned in the obligations on returning the funds expires, that money shall be returned by the court. If a registered candidate, political party or block of political parties not considered by Article 230 of this Code and who has not fulfilled the requirements of Articles 233.3 and 233.4 of this Code does not undertake the obligations mentioned in Articles 233.3 and 233.4 of this Code unless the final financial report is submitted, money shall be returned in the court prior to expiration of the period for submission of final financial report.
233.6 If a candidate or registered candidate loses his/her status, the obligations charged the candidate or registered candidates by this Article shall be imposed on a person who was considered as a candidate or registered candidate. Should the candidate, registered candidate be nominated by a political party or block of political parties, the obligations charged by this Article to the political parties and block of political parties will be imposed on the political parties including those which entered the block of political parties, after elections finish.
233.7 The Central Election Commission shall provide the Constituency Election Commission with information about citizens who are considered by Article 230 of this Code and who have obligations to the election commissions or municipalities, within 5 days after Constituency Election Commissions are formed and after a decision on determination of elections, repeat or by- elections is officially published.
233.8 The citizen considered by Article 230 of this Code, who has debts to the election commission regarding the budget for the date of official publication of decision of determination of the voting day, shall not have the right to receive funds from the state or municipal budget during the elections, repeat and by-elections, regardless of what constituency he/she has been nominated for.
