13. Is there a ban on donations from any other source?
Thailand
For religious organisations:
"Section 76 No State agency, State enterprises, any other State agency or enterprise of which the State is a major shareholder, shall donate money, property or any other benefit to any political party or participate in activities under Section 64.
Paragraph one shall apply to temple or other juristic persons having the religious objective and religious organization whether having juristic status or not. The Election Commission has the right to decide the compliance with other juristic persons established for public interest or non-profitable activities."
Source: Section 76 paragraph 3, Organic Act on Political Parties, 2017 (Unofficial translation by the researcher)
For organisations connected to gambling:
"Section 72 No political party or any person holding a position in a political party shall receive money, property or any other benefit, if they know, or could be expected to know, that it was acquired illegally, or have reasonable cause to suspect that it was obtained from illegal sources."
Source: Section 72, Organic Act on Political Parties, 2017 (Unofficial translation by the researcher)
For other:
"Section 76 No State agency, State enterprises, any other State agency or enterprise of which the State is a major shareholder, shall donate money, property or any other benefit to any political party or participate in activities under Section 64.
Paragraph one shall apply to temple or other juristic persons having the religious objective and religious organization whether having juristic status or not. The Election Commission has the right to decide the compliance with other juristic persons established for public interest or non-profitable activities."
Source: Section 76 paragraph 1, Organic Act on Political Parties, 2017 (Unofficial translation by the researcher)
