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In contrast, Articles 49 et seq. of the draft law place greater emphasis on fines of different levels, according to the type of offence. Imprisonment is maintained for foreign or anonymous funding, while formal notice and suspension of the party’s activity are no longer included in the range of sanctions; dissolution of the party (by judgment) is provided for in respect of a more limited number of offences, such as receipt of foreign funding, violation of Article 7 (ban on inciting violence etc.), and the failure to publish financial statements and auditors’ reports; finally, the draft law introduces the penalty of the withholding of public funding for certain offences, in particular the violation of the obligation to organise periodic conferences and certain financial offences such as the failure to appoint a financial agent or to publish financial reports.