27. Are there provisions requiring donations to go through the banking system?

Article 48¹. Electoral funds of candidates for the President of the Republic of Belarus, for deputies

"When making donations into the special electoral account of the candidate, the citizen shall insert in the payment document the following personal data: surname, name, patronymic, date and place of birth, series and number of the passport of the citizen of the Republic of Belarus. Voluntary donations of legal persons are made by cashless transfers of money into the special electoral account and the payment order shall contain the following data about the legal person: account number of the payer, name, bank details, legal address."

Source: Article 48¹ (indents 24 and 37 - 39), Electoral Code of the Republic of Belarus, 2000 (Amended as of June 4, 2015)

The Electoral Code is explicit on this issue only with regard to the donations made by legal entities to the candidates. There are no privisions on this issue with regard to donations for political parties.