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Article 94
 

§ 1. In the 75 days before the election day, the chairmen of the central electoral committees of the electoral constituency mentioned in article 94 establish four copies of a report for the supervisory board on the electoral campaign financing of the candidates and the political parties and on the origins of those funds.


The chairman may demand all information and additional information needed to complete the report.


The report mentions:


- the parties and candidates having taken part in the elections;
- their electoral expenses;
- the infractions they have committed against the obligation to declaration according to article 6 of the law from 4 July 1989 regarding the limitation and control of electoral expenses for the elections to the federal Chambers, as well as the financing and open book keeping of the political parties, and of article 116, § 6;
- The infractions against articles 2 and 5, § 1, of the law for the limitation and the control of the electoral expenses used for the elections to the federal Chambers, as well as the financing and open book keeping of the political parties who have to reproduce the declarations made by the parties and candidates.


The declarations are attached to the report.


The report is written on the forms for this purpose delivered by the Interior Minister.


§ 2. Two specimen of the report shall be kept by the chairman of the central electoral committee and the other two shall be handed over to the head of the supervisory board.


75 days after the elections, the clerk of the court of first instance makes a copy of the report accessible for two weeks to all registered voters showing their invitation to vote. During this time period, the voters may send their written comments on this topic to the clerk of the court of first instance.


The last two copies of the report and the remarks by the enlisted candidates and voters are afterwards handed over by the chairman of the central electoral committee to the head of the supervisory board.