Expenditures for preparation and holding of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the House of Representatives, members of the Council of the Republic, of the republican referendum or on the recall of the deputy of the House of Representatives or a member of the Council of the Republic are covered at the expense of the means of the republican budget.Expenditures for those purposes may also be covered at the expense of means of organizations, public associations and citizens of the Republic of Belarus, who may transfer their financial means to the non-budgetary fund created by the Central Commission for additional financing of expenses on preparation and holding of elections of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the House of Representatives, deputies of local Council of Deputies, republican referendum.For additional financing of expenses for electoral agitation the candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies are entitled to create their own electoral funds.

Expenditures for the preparation and the holding of a local referendum, new elections of deputies of local Councils of Deputies and elections of the deputies instead of those who have withdrawn and on the recall of a deputy of the local Council of Deputies shall be made at the expense of means of the local budget established by the respective local Council of Deputies.

Expenditures for the preparation and the holding of a local referendum may also be made at the expense of means of organizations and public associations located in the territory of the respective local Council of Deputies and of the citizens residing in that territory who may contribute their monetary funds into the non-budgetary fund formed by the local Council of Deputies which appointed the referendum.

The procedure of distribution and use of the financial means allocated for preparation and holding of the elections, the republican referendum or on the recall of the deputy of the House of Representatives or a member of the Council of the Republic from the republican budget and voluntarily donated to the non-budgetary fund shall be determined by the Central Commission.

The Central Commission informs the House of Representatives on the use of the funds allocated from the republican budget for the preparation and the holding of election or the republican referendum not later than six months after the day of election of the President of the Republic of Belarus, deputies of the House of Representatives, deputies of the local Councils of Deputies or of the holding of voting for the referendum or on the recall of a deputy of the House of Representatives or a member of the Council of the Republic as well as publish a report on the use of the funds from the non-budgetary fund.

State bodies, organizations and public associations provide free of charge for the disposal of the commissions premises, equipment, communication (with the exception of payment of expenses for subscription and for conversations) on and transport means (with payment for the expenses by the commission from the allocated means) required for the preparation and the holding of elections, referendum or voting on the recall of a deputy or a member of the Council of the Republic according to the order established by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus.

State mass media, mass media partially financed from the republican or local budget as well as mass media one of the founders of which is represented by the state bodies or organizations make public free-of-charge the materials submitted by the commissions and the election programs of candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus and deputies of the House of Representatives.

Political parties, other public associations, organizations and citizens of the Republic of Belarus are not entitled to provide other material aid during the preparation and the holding of elections or referendum except for contributing monetary funds into the non-budgetary fund and electoral funds of candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus, of deputies, specified by part one of this Article.

Direct or indirect participation of foreign states and organizations, international organizations, organizations with foreign investments, foreign citizens, stateless persons in financing and other material aid during preparation and holding of elections is prohibited.

Use by a person nominated a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus, to deputies or by a candidate for the President of the Republic of Belarus of financial means or other material aid in violation of the requirements of part nine of this Article entails respectively the denial of registration of the candidate or revocation of the decision on his registration.