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

Lithuania

Lithuania

Answer
EMB (highest level)
Source

Law on Funding of, andControl over Funding of, Political Parties and Political Campaigns (as of 2012,in English)

 

Source:

http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter2/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=416346

 

Article 28. 1. The following shall be consideredto be gross violations of this Law:

1) funding of a politicalcampaign participant with unacceptable donations specified in Article 11 ofthis Law;

2) if a political campaignparticipants makes decisions to use for political campaign the donationsreceived from the persons who have no right to fund political campaigns, or fromthe unallowable sources of funding of the political campaign;

3) if a political campaignparticipant concludes political campaign funding agreements by violating therequirements of this Law;

4) presentment of knowinglyfalse data in a set of financial statements of the political party, a politicalcampaign funding statement;

5) use of state budgetappropriations not in accordance with the designation set out in this Law;

6) exceeding of the fixedmaximum amount of political campaign expenditure by 10 or more per cent;

7) if political campaignparticipant's expenditure on undeclared political advertising makes up 10 ormore per cent of the fixed maximum amount of political campaign expenditure;

8) if political campaignparticipant's expenditure on undeclared political advertising makes up 10 ormore per cent of the fixed maximum amount of political campaign expenditure;

9) loss of the documentssubject to safekeeping, other activities because of which it is impossible todetermine whether a set of financial statements of the political party or apolitical campaign report of the political campaign participant is accurate;

10) dissemination ofsurreptitious political advertising, if the expenditure on surreptitiouspolitical advertising makes up 10 or more per cent of the fixed maximum amountof political campaign expenditure;

11) dissemination ofpolitical campaign through foreign broadcasters by violating the requirementsof this law for political advertising;

12) exceeding of theexpenditure fixed in paragraph 2 of Article 19 of this Law for campaigningvideo clips during the political campaign period.

2. The Central ElectoralCommission shall take a decision whether a political party or a politicalcampaign participant has grossly violated this Law.

3. The political party or the political campaign participant shall havethe right to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania againstthe adopted decision, referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, within 14days after the adoption of such decision.

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