35. Are there provisions for any other form of indirect public funding?

Civil Servants Election and Recall Act, Article 43

Article 43: Except for the national integrated election and the overseas election of central civil servants, if there is only one electee and the vote gained by the electee reaches not less than 1/3 of the vote for being elected in the electoral district, or if there are two or more electees and one of them gains a vote of not less than 1/2 of the vote for being elected, the campaign expenses paid by the electee shall be subsidized by a rate of NT$30 per vote. However, the maximum subsidy may not exceed the maximum campaign fund of the candidates in this electoral district. For the vote for being elected referred to in the preceding Paragraph, if there are two or more electees, the lowest vote shall apply; if the electee of the lowest vote is elected in the quota reserved for women, the lowest vote for being elected shall refer to the vote of the electee of the second lowest vote. The election commissions shall work out the amount of the subsidy for campaign funds referred to in Paragraph One within 30 days commencing from the day after the public notice of the list of electees is issued, and notify the candidate to prepare the receipt and receive the subsidy from the election commission within 3 months. The subsidies for campaign funds in the preceding Paragraph which shall be deducted directly in accordance with the provisions prescribed in Paragraph Two of Article 130 shall be deducted in advance; the residual amount will be granted if there is any. When the candidate who receives the subsidy for campaign expense has been convicted violating the rules in Article 97, first paragraph of Article 99, first paragraph of Article 101, subparagraph 1 of first paragraph of Article 102; or the election has been convicted invalid due to the violation of provisions of subparagraph 3 of first paragraph of Article 120, the election commission should, after receiving the letter of notification, notify the candidate to refund the received amount and the deducted subsidy within 30 days. If the candidate fails to refund the amount, the matter will be enforced forcibly. Every year the state shall apportion subsidies for campaign to the political parties, and the standard of apportionment shall be determined based on the latest election of members of the Legislative Yuan. If a ratio of vote attained by the political party achieves not less than 3.5% in the national integrated election and the overseas election of central civil servants, the subsidy for campaign funds shall be granted to the political party by a rate of NT$50 per vote every year. The Central Election Commission shall work out the amount of the subsidy every fiscal year, and notify the candidate to prepare the receipt and receive the subsidy from the Central Election Commission within 1 month, till the tenure of the current session of the members of the Legislative Yuan expires. For the candidates or political parties who do not receive the subsidy for campaign expenses within the specified time limit, the election commissions shall hasten them to receive it within 3 months; the subsidy not received within the specified period is regarded as abandonment. The subsidies required in Paragraphs One and Six shall be budgeted pursuant to the provisions of Article 13.