35.1 Persons registered as candidates for member of a municipality council finance personally their election campaign.
35.2 Funds allocated for an election campaign must be kept in a special bank account opened in the appropriate bank department. A report on expenditure of these funds is submitted to the Territorial Election Commission within 7 days of the announcement of the official results of the election.
35.3 Foreign countries, foreign legal entities, international organisations, foreign persons and non-citizens are prohibited from contributing funds to election campaigns. All funds received from the above sources are transferred to the State budget.
35.4 If a candidate’s election campaign is financed from prohibited sources, the Territorial Election Commission terminates his/her candidacy
35.5 If a candidate whose election campaign is financed from prohibited sources is elected as a member of a municipality, the Territorial Election Commission invalidates the results of the election and determines an additional election in accordance with the rules defined in this law.
