43. Are there limits on the amount that third parties can spend on election campaign activities?

Restrictions on campaigns

115.—(1) Following the announcement of the date of the election, it shall be unlawful for any person, entity or organisation (including any person employed or engaged by any such person, entity or organisation) that receives any funding or assistance from a foreign government, inter-governmental or non-governmental organisation or multilateral agency to engage in, participate in or conduct any campaign (including organising debates, public forum, meetings, interviews, panel discussions, or publishing any material) that is related to the election or any election issue or matter.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person, entity or organisation (including any person employed or engaged by any such person, entity or organisation) to engage in, or to undertake any act which, under the Constitution or under this Act, is given to or assigned to the Electoral Commission or the Supervisor, unless authorised in writing by the Electoral Commission or the Supervisor.

(3) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine

not exceeding $50,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, or to both.

(4) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents any university from organising inclusive public forums or panel discussions that are related to the election.

(5) This section shall not apply to the Electoral Commission or the Supervisor.

Source: Article 115, Electoral Act 2014, Act 11 of 2014

There is no mention of limits on political party or candidate expenditures in the Electoral Act 2014 as amended to 2017 or in the Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Act 2013 , or any positive provision for campaigning by any body/person other than political parties or candidates in these Acts. There is explicit banning of some third parties from any form of campaigning in Article 115 of the Electoral Act 2014