Bank Transfer and Checking

(1) The financing of revenues and expenditures related to an election campaign and exceeding BGN 1000 shall be performed via bank transfer.
(2) Where the amount of the funds donated or provided for use tops BGN 1000, the Bulgarian National Audit Office shall check the correspondence between the amount of the funds donated or provided for the respective election campaign and the amount of the person’s income. The check shall cover the period from the performance of the previous elections of the same type to the day of submission of the respective declaration referred to in Art. 169, Para. 1 or 2.
(3) In order to conduct the check, the President of the Bulgarian National Audit Office shall require information from the National Revenue Agency about the revenues and other competent bodies and institutions.
(4) The bodies and institutions referred to in Para. 3 shall provide the required information to the Bulgarian National Audit Office within one month after receiving the request.
(5). The officials carrying out the check shall be entitled to direct access to the electronic database of the bodies and institutions referred to in Para. 3. The granting of access shall not relieve the bodies and institutions referred to in paragraph 3 from the obligation to submit the information requested by the Bulgarian National Audit Office in writing.
(6) The Bulgarian National Audit Office shall announce the results of the check via the register referred to in Art. 171, Para. 1.