50. Do third parties have to report on election campaign finances?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source:
Article 8, Law on Political Party Financing 2012 (with 2016 amendments)
(BS)
(1) Finansiranje političkih stranaka zabranjuje se:
a) organima uprave države Bosne i Hercegovine, entiteta, kantona, Brčko Distrikta Bosne i Hercegovine, te gradskim i općinskim organima, b) javnim institucijama, c) javnim preduzećima, d) humanitarnim organizacijama, e) neimenovanim, odnosno anonimnim donatorima, f) vjerskim zajednicama, g) sindikatima, udruženjima i drugim neprofitnim organizacijama koje se finansiraju javnim sredstvima bez obzira na iznos sredstava, h) pravnim licima u kojima uloženi javni kapital iznosi najmanje 25%, i) drugim državama, stranim političkim strankama i stranim pravnim licima.
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(6) Zabranjeno je davanje dobrovoljnih priloga u novcu ili u formi proizvoda posredstvom trećih lica (posrednika).
(7) Eventualni dobrovoljni prilozi uplaćeni na račun političke stranke iz nedopuštenih izvora prema st. (1) i (6) ovog člana, kao i iznosi dobrovoljnih priloga koji prelaze iznose utvrđene u članu 6. ovog zakona, te eventualne uplate dobrovoljnih priloga od neimenovanih, odnosno anonimnih izvora, politička stranka dužna je uplatiti u korist budžeta BiH, najkasnije u roku osam dana od dana primljene uplate, te o tome obavijestiti Centralnu izbornu komisiju Bosne
i Hercegovine.
(EN)
1) The financing of political parties is prohibited from: a) administrative bodies of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the entities, cantons, the Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as city and municipal bodies, b) public institutions, c) public enterprises, d) humanitarian organizations, e) unnamed or anonymous donors, f) religious communities, g) trade unions, associations, and other non-profit organizations financed from public funds, regardless of the amount of such funds, h) legal entities in which invested public capital amounts to at least 25%, i) other states, foreign political parties, and foreign legal entities.
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(6) It is prohibited to make voluntary contributions in money or in the form of goods through third parties (intermediaries).
(7) Any voluntary contributions paid into the account of a political party from prohibited sources under paragraphs (1) and (6) of this Article, as well as voluntary contributions exceeding the amounts established in Article 6 of this Law, and any voluntary contributions from unnamed or anonymous sources, must be transferred by the political party to the budget of Bosnia and Herzegovina no later than eight days from the date of receipt, and the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina must be notified thereof.
Avaliable at: https://www.izbori.ba/Documents/documents/ZAKONI/Fin_Stranaka/DOC039-bos.PDF