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Article 132
 

§ 1. The financial resources of the electoral committee of a political party can only come from the electoral fund of the party, created pursuant to the provisions of the Act of 27 June 1997 on Political Parties (Journal of Laws of 2001 No. 79, item. 857, as amended).


§ 2. The funding of coalition electoral committee shall only come from electoral funds of political parties comprising the coalition.


§ 3. Financial resources of:


1) the electoral committee of an organization,


2) the voters electoral committee


- shall only come from the contributions of Polish citizens with permanent domicile in the Republic of Poland, and bank loans taken out solely for purposes related to elections.


§ 4. The financial resources of the electoral committee for the candidate for President of the Republic of Poland can only come from the contributions of Polish citizens with permanent domicile in the Republic of Poland and the election funds of political parties and bank loans taken out for purposes related to elections.


§ 5. Electoral committees may not accept in-kind benefits, with the exception of:


1)       free dissemination of posters, slogans and leaflets by natural persons;


2)       assistance in office work provided by natural persons;


3)       the use of objects and devices, including motor vehicles, made available free of charge by natural persons;


4)       free access to places for exhibiting electoral materials by natural persons not engaged in commercial advertising.


§ 6. A guarantor of the loan referred to in § 3 and 4 may only be a Polish citizen having permanent domicile in the Republic of Poland, and the commitment of the guarantor may not exceed an amount equal to the sum of payment referred to in Article 134 § 2. Security established on the loan is not transferable.