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Article 143
 

1. Parties that do not comply with that stipulated in article 75, failing to account any candidature and electoral campaign expenditure, paid or to be paid by other people, will be punished with a fine between PTE 20,000 and PTE 200,000.


2. The same fine will be applied to parties exceeding the expenditure limit established in article 77.


3. In both cases the members of the central bodies of the parties will be held jointly responsible for the payment of the fines.


4. Any person who have incurred any expenditure for the candidature and electoral campaign, and who do not communicate them to the party in question up to fifteen days after the election day for the purposes of compliance with no. 2 or article 75, will be punished with coercive detention of up to six months and a fine between PTE 5,000 and PTE 50,000.