62. What other institutions have a formal role in political finance oversight?
Lebanon
- EMB
- Court
- Other
Law no.44 Parliamentary Elections 2017
Article 64: The overall balance sheet
"...5.The Commission shall examine and audit
the balance sheet of each candidate and carry
out the necessary investigations to verify its
accuracy or the accuracy of some of its elements,
and may, for this purpose, recruit experts and
judicial police officers, upon the approval of the
competent Public Prosecutor’s Office.
6.The Commission shall decide on the validity
of the abovementioned balance sheet within
thirty days from the date of submission thereof.
It shall decide whether to approve it or, after
due consideration of the adversarial system
and the right to counsel, reject it or request its
adjustment or correction in whole or in part. The
Commission shall submit its reasoned decision
in writing, together with the balance sheet, to
the Constitutional Council. ..."