What institution(s) has the power to impose non-criminal sanctions for campaign finance infractions?
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Ordinance N? 2010-84 of December 16, 2010 on the Charter of Political Parties / Ordonnance N? 2010-84 du 16 d?cembre 2010, portant charte des partis politiques
Art. 31: Every political party is required to submit annual financial statements no later than March 31 of each year to the Court of Auditors for verification.? This verification focuses on the regularity and fairness of the accounts of the political party.?
Political parties are required to respond to requests made ??by the Court of Auditors and provide with a justification of their financial resources and their use.
They must submit the accounts of elections in the same way as their annual accounts.
(? Tout parti politique est tenu de pr?senter des comptes annuels au plus tard le 31 mars de chaque ann?e ? la Cour des comptes pour v?rification. Cette v?rification porte sur la r?gularit? et la sinc?rit? des comptes du parti politique.
Les partis politiques sont tenus de r?pondre aux requ?tes formul?es par la Cour des Comptes tendant ? obtenir la justification de la provenance de leurs ressources financi?res et leur utilisation.
Ils doivent pr?senter les comptes des ?lections dans les m?mes conditions que les comptes annuels.?)
The Court of Auditors is in charge of monitoring the origin and use of political party funds. However, the law does not authorize this body to hear complaints regarding campaign financing, neither does it provide for any specific authorities responsible to rule on such cases.
