62. What other institutions have a formal role in political finance oversight?

PROSECUTION FOR CORRUPT AND ILLEGAL PRACTICES.

(1) A prosecution for an offence against any of the preceding provisions of this Division must be begun–

(a) within one year after the offence is committed; or

(b) if it is committed with respect to a parliamentary election with respect to which a petition is tried by the National Court, within three months after the report of the National Court is made,

whichever period last expires, but in any event it must be begun within two years after the offence is committed.

1. For the purposes of Subsection (1), the service or execution of process on or against the alleged offender is the commencement of the prosecution, unless the service or execution is prevented by some act on his part, in which case the issue of the process is the commencement of the proceeding.

Source: Article 107, Criminal Code Act 1974

Sanctions for political finance offences are imposed through the court system