58. What sanctions are provided for political finance infractions?

Articles 56-62; Financial, Transparency and Oversight of Political Parties and Candidates Law, 2017. 

Articles 28-30; Bylaw of the Financial, Transparency and Oversight of Political Parties and Candidates Law, 2017. 

If Political Parties, Political Alliances and Independant Candidatures do not present the balance sheet and the status of results, certifications of the income and expenses with the information of the origin and destiny of the contributions in the established deadlines they´ll receive a fine of 50 minimum wages, with the possibility of presenting within the next 5 days of the imposition of the fine; if the financial statements are not presented in those 5 days, the obliged subjects will receive a fine worth 100 minimum wages. If the non-compliance persists, the obliged subjects will have 5 extra days in order to complete the requierements, if they don´t, the authorities of the political party will be suspended. Once the Party Authorities are suspended,  the obliged subjects will have a 10 day term in order to complete the requierements, if they don´t, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal will procede to suspend the legal personality of the political party, with the possibility of denouncing the non-compliance to the Supreme Court of Accounts and the office of the Attorney General. 

If the obliged subjects exceed the maximum amounts determined for campaign spendings, they´ll receive a fine worth double the amount they exceeded in comparison of the limit imposed by the competent authority.