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Article 52
 

(1) Infringement of the provisions provided for in Article 5 paragraphs (3) - (5), Articles 6, 7, Article 8 paragraphs (1), (2) and (4), Articles 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, Article 14 paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 15 paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 16 paragraphs (1) and (3), Article 17 paragraphs (1), (2) and (4), Article 31, Article 32 paragraph (1), Article 33 paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 34 paragraphs (5), (6), (8), (9), (11), (12) and (14), Article 36 paragraphs (2) - (4) and (6), Article 39 paragraph (1), Article 47 paragraph (4), Article 51 paragraph (2) and Article 60 paragraph (3) shall be deemed to be a minor offence, unless perpetrated in such circumstances as to be deemed a criminal offence, under the criminal law, and shall be penalised by a fine between lei 10,000 and lei 25,000.


(2) Infringement of the provisions provided for in Article 3 paragraphs (2) - (4) and (6) - (10), Article 25 paragraph (2), Articles 28, 29, 30, 37, 38, Article 43 paragraphs (2) - (4), Article 45, Article 47 paragraphs (1), (2) and (5), Article 49 paragraphs (1) - (3) and (5) and Article 50 paragraph (2) shall be deemed to be a minor offence, unless perpetrated in such circumstances as to be deemed a criminal offence, under the criminal law, and shall be penalised by a fine between lei 15,000 and lei 50,000.


(3) Infringement of the provisions provided for in Article 8 paragraph (3) shall be deemed to be a minor offence, unless perpetrated in such circumstances as to be deemed a criminal offence, under the criminal law, and shall be penalised by a fine between lei 100,000 and lei 200,000.


(4) The sanctions may be applied to the political party, political alliance, organisation of citizens belonging to national minorities, independent candidate, financial mandatary and/or donor, as appropriate, as well as to any other persons who infringed the provisions of paragraphs (1) - (3).


(5) The limitation period for the sanctions provided for in paragraphs (1) - (3) shall be 3 years after the date of perpetration of the acts.


(6) In the case of continuous minor offences, the period provided for in paragraph (5) shall start to run from the date on which the act ceased to be perpetrated.