What institution(s) has the power to impose non-criminal sanctions for campaign finance infractions?

Brazil

Brazil

Answer
EMB (highest level)
Source

Lei n. 950430/09/1997 (Election Law) as amended by

Lei n? 12.034/2009

 

Art 28: (….)

 

1. As presta??es de contas dos candidatos ?s elei??esmajorit?rias ser?o feitas por interm?dio do comit? financeiro, devendo seracompanhadas dos extratos das contas banc?rias referentes ? movimenta??o dosrecursos financeiros usados na campanha e da rela??o dos cheques recebidos, coma indica??o dos respectivos n?meros, valores e emitentes.

 

Art 29: Ao receber as presta??es de contas e demais informa??es dos candidatos (….) os comit?s dever?o:

(…)

 

III– encaminhar ? Justi?aEleitoral, at? o trig?simo dia posterior ? realiza??o das elei??es, o conjuntodas presta??es de contas dos candidatos e do pr?prio comit?, na forma do artigoanterior, ressalvada a hip?tese do inciso seguinte;

 

 

Art.30. A Justi?a Eleitoral verificar? a regularidadedas contas de campanha, decidindo:

 

I– pela aprova??o, quandoestiverem regulares;

II– pela aprova??o comressalvas, quando verificadas falhas que n?o lhes comprometam a regularidade;

III– pela desaprova??o, quandoverificadas falhas que lhes comprometam a regularidade;

IV– pela n?o presta??o, quandon?o apresentadas as contas ap?s a notifica??o emitida pela Justi?a Eleitoral,na qual constar? a obriga??o expressa de prestar as suas contas, no prazo desetenta e duas horas.

 

1? A decis?o que julgar ascontas dos candidatos eleitos ser? publicada em sess?o at? 8 (oito) dias antesda diploma??o.

 

4? Havendo ind?cio de irregularidadena presta??o de contas, a Justi?a Eleitoral poder? requisitar diretamente docandidato ou do comit? financeiro as informa??es adicionais necess?rias, bemcomo determinar dilig?ncias para a complementa??o dos dados ou o saneamento dasfalhas.

 

http://www.tse.jus.br/legislacao/codigo-eleitoral/lei-das-eleicoes/lei-das-eleicoes-lei-nb0-9.504-de-30-de-setembro-de-1997#art28-32

 

Art 28: (….)

 

Paragraph 1. The rendering of accounts of candidates runningfor majority elections shall be performed by the financial committee, and shallbe accompanied by statements of the bank accounts that detail financialtransactions operated during the campaign and list deposited checks, indicatingtheir respective numbers, amounts and issuers.

 

Art 29: When receiving the rendering of accounts (….) committeesshall:

 

(….)

 

III – forward the committee?sand the candidates? rendering of accounts, prepared according to rules setforth in the previous article, exception made to the case referred to in nextitem, to the Electoral Justice within thirty days after the elections are held;

 

Art 30: The Electoral Justice shall perform an assessment of theregularity of campaign accounts, and shall decide as follows:

 

I – approval of accounts incase they are proper and correct;

 

II – approval withreservations in case the accounts feature minor errors which do not compromisetheir regularity;

 

III – denial of accounts incase they feature errors that compromise their regularity;

 

IV – non-rendering of accountsin case they are not filed after notice issued by the Electoral Justice whichexpressly orders the rendering of such accounts within seventy-two hours.

 

Paragraph 1. Decisions that assess the rendering of accounts ofelected candidates shall be published within 8 (eight) days before thecertification of such candidates.

 

Paragraph 4. Should circumstantial evidence point toirregularities in the rendering of accounts, the Electoral Justice may directlyrequest to the candidate or financial committee to provide any additionalinformation it deems necessary and may also determine evidentiary remedy tosupplement existing data or to correct errors or flaws.

 

http://english.tse.jus.br/arquivos/elections-law
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