(1) In deciding whether it is justified to impose a fine and in determining the fine amount, the election commission shall consider all circumstances of the case, and in particular the number of people affected by, the gravity of, the territory affected by and the recurring nature of the violation. If the violation was evidently intentional, this fact shall be taken into account when determining the fine amount.

(2) The maximum fine amount shall be five times the monthly amount of the mandatory minimum wage for natural persons, and fifteen times the monthly amount of the mandatory minimum wage in any other case.

(3) If the person liable for its payment did not pay a fine within fifteen days of the conclusive decision imposing the fine becoming final and binding, the National Election Office shall, after the expiry without result of a time limit set in a call for voluntary performance, request the state tax authority to collect the outstanding amount of the fine as public dues to be collected as tax, provided that the amount of the debt per person liable for payment reaches or exceeds the threshold specified in section 106 (1) of Act CLIII of 2017 on enforcement procedures to be effectuated by the tax authority.

(4) The right to enforce fine debt shall lapse after four years from the last day of the calendar year in which the due date fell; the state tax authority shall issue a procedural decision thereon. The National Election Office may, without a call for voluntary performance, waive the claims of the State that lapsed under a procedural decision and the claims of the State that do not reach the threshold referred to in paragraph (3).