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Article 55
 

Electoral propaganda



  1. Local councils shall set aside special places for free posting of public notices and, as the case may be, of billboards and notices to hang as banderoles on posts or streetlamps. Propaganda by banners and banderols may only be displayed in places set aside free of charge by local councils.

  2. Apart from the special free-of-charge places referred to above, parties, associations, coalitions, federations and candidates may only display posters or other types of electoral propaganda in authorized commercial premises.

  3. Expenditure by candidates in this type of publicity may not exceed 25 per 100 of the expenditure limit laid down in Sects. 175.2., 193.2 and 227.2, depending on the respective election process.


 SECT. 55 AS AMENDED BY SECTION 4.2.OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT. 13/1994, OF MARCH 30  3. AS AMENDED BY SECT. 22 OF INSTITUTIONAL ACT 2/2011, OF JANUARY 28