394.1. The registered Independent Candidates have the following obligations:

a) To conduct themselves with unconditional respect for the provisions of the Constitution and of this Law;

b) To respect and comply with the Agreements issued by the General Council;

c) To respect and comply with the campaign expenditure ceilings in the terms of this Law;

d) The provide the Institute with the information and documents it requests, in the terms of this Law;

e) To exercise the prerogatives and to use the f nancing exclusively for campaign expenditure;

f) To reject any type of economic, political or propaganda assistance 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 councils, except in the case of the public financing 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 and 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.

g) To deposit all contributions only in the opened bank account and to carry out all expenditure of the campaign activities with this account;

h) To abstain from using religious symbols, as well as expressions, allusions or beliefs of a religious character in their propaganda;

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

j) To insert in a visible way in their propaganda the caption: “Independent Candidate”;

k) To abstain from using emblems and colors used by national political parties in their political or electoral propaganda;

l) To abstain from carrying out actions that generate pressure or coercion on the voters;

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

n) To present, in the same terms as apply to the political parties, the campaign reports on the source and amount of all their incomes, as well as their application and use;

ñ) To be jointly responsible, together with the person in charge of the administration of their f nancial resources, within the auditing procedures of the corresponding resources, and

o) The other obligations established by this Law and the other regulations.