380.1. The applicants have the following obligations:

a) To act with unconditional respect for the provisions of the Constitution and of the present Law;

b) Not to accept nor use illegally obtained resources to carry out activities aiming to obtain citizen support;

c) To abstain from receiving contributions and donations in cash, as well as metals and precious stones, from any natural or legal person;

d) To reject any type of economic, political or propaganda assistance coming from foreigners and ministers of any religion, as well as from religious associations and organizations and churches. Neither can they accept contributions or donations, in cash or in kind, personally or through a third party, under any circumstances, from:

1. The Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of the Federation and of the states, and the city council, except in the case of the public f nancing established in the Constitution and this Law;


2. The departments, entities or bodies of the Federal, state or municipal public administration, centralized or parastatal, and the government bodies of the Federal District;


3. The federal or state autonomous bodies or those of the Federal District;


4. Foreign political parties, natural persons or legal persons;


5. International bodies of any kind;


6. Legal persons, and


7. Persons that live or work abroad.

e) To abstain from carrying out, personally or through third parties, acts of pressure or coercion to obtain citizen support;

f) To abstain from uttering offences, defamation, slander or any expression that defame other applicants or pre-candidates, political parties, persons, or private or public institutions;

g) To deliver the income and expenditure report;

h) To respect the expenditure ceilings set for obtaining citizen support, in the terms established by this Law, and

i) The other obligations established by this Law.