In the case of an election to a provincial council, a deposit of EUR 1,125 – or, if the appellation of a grouping whose seat is located by virtue of its constitution in Bonaire, St Eustatius or Saba appears at the top of the list of candidates, or if no appellation appears at the top of the list and the first candidate on the list is a resident of Bonaire, St Eustatius or Saba, a deposit of USD 1,125 – shall be paid to the municipality where the central electoral committee is located for each group of lists, each set of identical lists not forming part of a group and each separate list.
The payment obligation referred to in subsection 1 shall not apply to a list of candidates of a political grouping if its appellation appeared at the top of a list of candidates to which one or more seats were allocated at the last election to the provincial council. The provisions of the previous sentence shall also apply to cases in which the appellations of two or more groupings are combined, if at the last election to the provincial council one or more seats were allocated to the groupings or to at least one of them.
The person who made the payment referred to in subsection 1 shall receive proof thereof for each electoral district. This proof must be submitted with the list.
If no valid list is submitted, the municipality where the central electoral committee is located shall return the deposit to the person who paid it, after the result of the election has been determined.
After the result of the election has been determined by the central electoral committee, the deposit shall be returned to the person who paid it, unless the total vote of the group of lists, the set of identical lists not forming part of a group or the separate list is lower than 75 per cent of the electoral quota referred to in section P 5. In that case the deposit shall be forfeited to the municipality where the central electoral committee is located.
