§ Section 31(untitled)

(1) Before or immediately after each
campaign before a national referendum, campaign for a legislative
initiative and campaign for the initiative to recall the
Saeima in the programme or broadcast of electronic mass
media - radio or television, as well as publication, on the
Internet or at a public place the payer for the campaigning shall
be indicated within the scope of the respective material.
(1¹) When distributing bulletins, books, leaflets
and other campaign editions produced by print technology that are
not press publications, the relevant edition shall clearly and
unambiguously indicate that it is a campaign before a national
referendum, campaign for a legislative initiative or campaign for
the initiative to recall the Saeima and also the
campaigner who has paid for such campaign and the number of
copies of the edition.
(2) If a payment is received for the campaigns referred to in
Section 27, Paragraph one of this Law, but the payer, contrary to
the provisions of this law, has not been indicated, it shall be
considered a hidden campaign. Within the meaning of this Law,
payment is any remuneration, including any benefits in kind,
services, assignment of rights, release from obligation, waiver
of any rights in favour of any other person, etc.
(3) Hidden campaigns before a national referendum, hidden
campaigns for a legislative initiative or hidden campaigns for
the initiative to recall the Saeima are prohibited.
[21 February 2019]