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Article 93
 

93.1. Voluntary donations to the election fund of a candidate, registered candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, or referendum campaign group shall be transferred through post offices, banks and credit organizations. These donations shall be accepted only from the citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and they should contain the following information on the citizen:


• Surname, forename, patronymic;
• Date of birth;
• Address; and
• Batch and serial number of identification document or substitute document.


93.2. Voluntary donations of legal entities received by bank transfer to the election fund of a candidate, political party, bloc of political parties or referendum campaign group shall have the following information recorded:


• Whether legal entities have state, municipal or foreign shares in their charter capital;
• Name of the legal entity;
• Date of registration and tax ID; and
• Bank account information.


93.3. Voluntary donations of physical and legal entities shall be transferred to the specific election account through post offices and banks no later than next banking day after receipt of the relevant payment document. in such cases, the overall duration of the bank transfer may not be more than 2 days.


93.4. A candidate, registered candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, or referendum campaign group shall have the right to return any donations to any donor except for anonymous donors.


93.5. if donations are transferred to the election funds of candidates, registered candidates, political parties, blocs of political parties, or referendum campaign groups by citizens or legal entities who do not have right to do so, or if the donation amount exceeds the limit mentioned in this Code, the candidate, registered candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, or referendum campaign groups should return the entire amount, or the part of it which exceeds the limit, to the donator within 10 days of receipt, deducting the transfer expenses and indicating the reasons for return.


93.6. A candidate, registered candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, or referendum campaign group shall not be responsible for accepting/receiving donations that have been transferred as a result of the inaccurate entering of information mentioned in Articles 93.1 and 93.2 of this Code, only if they did not receive information on the inaccuracy of the documents in time.


93.7. Anonymous donations shall be transferred to the state budget by the candidate, registered candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, or referendum campaign group within 10 days of receipt of such donations.


93.8. Citizens and legal entities may assist the nomination and election of a candidate, registered candidate only by transferring donations to the relevant election funds.


93.9. if a candidate, registered candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, members of a referendum campaign group or their authorized financial representatives do not officially agree, it shall be prohibited:


• To render paid services regarding the elections;
• To sell goods; or
• To cover expenses for goods using the election fund.


Legal entities, their branches, representatives and other organizations shall be prohibited from rendering assistance for free or at a discount regarding the elections and referendum.


93.10. A citizen may personally render free, voluntary assistance to a candidate, registered candidate, political party, bloc of political parties, or referendum campaign group, in election campaigning, without involving a third person.