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What penalties are envisioned for offences related to unlawful conduct of campaign financing?

Iceland

Iceland

Answer
Both fine and imprisonment
Source

OSCE final report 2013 Icelandic parliamentaryelections, p. 12

http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/103053

 

“In 2011, six political groupings submitted theirreports after the legal deadline without being sanctioned. The Party andCampaign Finance Act foresees either criminal sanctions or fines in case ofviolation of relevant provisions of the law. However, the NAO is not entitledto impose such fines. It has to turn to law enforcement, which in turn shoulddecide whether or not to bring the case to the court.”

 

GRECO Evaluation Report on Iceland Transparency ofParty Funding (2008), http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/greco/evaluations/round3/GrecoEval3(2007)7_Iceland_Two_EN.pdf

 

p. 11

Monitoring

57. The National Audit Office is responsible formonitoring political financing; it is vested with wide powers to ensure notonly a formal, but also a material control of the information provided bypolitical parties (Article 8, Law No. 162/2006). It is not, however, empoweredto carry out material checks of candidates’ accounts.

Sanctions

60. Infringements – whether intentional or dueto gross negligence - of the provisions contained in Law No. 162/2006 aresanctioned with fines or imprisonment of up to six years (Article 12, Law No.162/2006). It is possible to appeal the court’s decision before the Supreme Court.
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