Common Provisions on Disposal of Resources on Special Accounts

(1) The political party, candidate for President, candidate pursuant to Article 6 and third party (hereinafter the “special account holder”) may accept a monetary donation to the special account only provided that it is remitted by transfer from another account. If the statement of the special account does not prove who the donor is, the special account holder shall be obliged to return such monetary donation within 30 days to the account, from which the monetary donation was remitted. If there is no such account, the special account holder shall be obliged to notify such fact to the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter the “Ministry of Finance”) without undue delay and to remit the monetary donation to the income account of the State Budget. The monetary donation pursuant to the previous sentence shall represent income of the State Budget. The Ministry of Finance shall immediately notify the special account holder of the  data necessary for remitting the monetary donation to the State Budget.

(2) If the donor remits a monetary donation to the special account holder as a cash deposit on the special account, the special account holder shall be obliged to return the monetary donation to the donor within 60 days. If the monetary donation cannot be returned to the donor, the special account holder shall be obliged to notify the fact to the Ministry of Finance without undue delay and and to remit the monetary donation to the income account of the State Budget. The monetary donation pursuant to the previous sentence shall represent income of the State Budget. The Ministry of Finance shall immediately notify the special account holder of the data necessary for remitting the monetary donation to the State Budget.

(3) If the special account holder does not want to accept the resources remitted to their special account, they shall return the resources to the donor’s account without undue delay using the procedure pursuant to Paragraph 1.

(4) The special account holder shall be obliged to deposit the funds on their special account exclusively by transfer from another account.

(5) The funds can be deposited on the special account within 48 hours before the date of elections. The funds must not be received to the special account after the time limit pursuant to the first sentence. The special account holder shall be obliged to ensure that no funds can be credited to the special account after the time limit pursuant to the first sentence.

(6) The funds on the special account unused for election campaign must not disposed of for 90 days after the announcement of election results and during the proceeding in the matter of violation of the rules for election campaign funding.

(7) If the funds are withdrawn from the special account in cash, the special account holder shall be obliged to keep records on the use of such funds.