(1) If a campaign before a national referendum or legislative initiative is conducted by a political party or an association of political parties which has submitted their list of candidates for the Saeima elections in three, four or five electoral districts and the campaign period taking place before a national referendum or campaign period taking place for a legislative initiative fully or partially coincides with the pre-election campaign period taking place before the Saeima elections, the amount of expenses determined for the pre-election campaign for the Saeima elections laid down in the Law on Financing of Political Organisations (Parties) may be used in total for its campaign before a national referendum or a legislative initiative, and pre-election campaign before the Saeima elections. (2) If campaigns before a national referendum or campaigns for a legislative initiative are conducted by a political party or an association of political parties which has submitted their list of candidates for the Saeima elections in one or two electoral districts and the campaign period taking place before a national referendum or the campaign period taking place for a legislative initiative fully or partially coincides with the pre-election campaign period taking place before the Saeima elections, the amount of expenses laid down in Section 34, Paragraph one or two of this Law may be used in total for its campaign before a national referendum or a legislative initiative, and pre-election campaign before the Saeima elections. (3) If two or more periods of campaigns before a national referendum, campaigns for a legislative initiative or campaigns for the initiative to recall the Saeima (in any combination thereof) fully or partially coincide, then the amount of expenses laid down in Section 34, Paragraph one or two of this Law may be used in total for all campaigns before a national referendum, campaigns for a legislative initiative or campaigns for the initiative to recall the Saeima. (4) The campaigner may finance a campaign before a national referendum, campaign for a legislative initiative or campaign for the initiative to recall the Saeima, including give gifts (donations) out of his or her legally obtained income. (5) Campaigns before a national referendum, campaigns for a legislative initiative or campaigns for the initiative to recall the Saeima may not be financed from the funds which: 1) are directly or indirectly obtained from legal persons registered abroad and foreign citizens; 2) obtained from an anonymous payer. A person who cannot be detected (no given name, surname, personal identity number and residential address of a natural person or no firm name, registration number and registered address of a legal person is indicated) shall be considered an anonymous payer; 3) obtained with the intermediation of a third party. The case when the identification data of another person are used upon implementing one's own personal interest to finance campaigns before a national referendum, campaigns for a legislative initiative or campaigns for the initiative to recall the Saeima, or when a donation is made with the intermediation of a third party for the financing of campaigns before a national referendum, campaigns for a legislative initiative or campaigns for the initiative to recall the Saeima shall be considered campaigns before a national referendum, campaigns for a legislative initiative or campaigns for the initiative to recall the Saeima with the intermediation of a third party. Within the meaning of this Law, the case when, on the basis of a notarised power of attorney in which the particular amount or property to be donated and the value thereof is indicated, an authorised representative gives a donation on behalf of the principal shall not be considered intermediation. It is prohibited to delegate such authorisation to another person. (6) All funds intended or used for campaigns before a national referendum, campaigns for a legislative initiative or campaigns for the initiative to recall the Saeima and exceeding one minimum monthly wage shall be directly and immediately transferred into the bank account of the beneficiary. If the amount of funds intended or used for campaigns before a national referendum, campaigns for a legislative initiative or campaigns for the initiative to recall the Saeima have reached one minimum monthly wage, subsequent funds shall be directly and immediately transferred into the bank account of the beneficiary. (7) Within the meaning of this Law, a gift (donation) shall be any material or gratuitous benefits of other type, including services, assignment of rights, release from obligation, waiver of any rights in favour of an interested party, as well as other activities by which any benefit is granted to the interested party. Within the meaning of this Law, a gift (donation) shall also be a transfer of movable or immovable property into the ownership of the interested party and provision of services to the interested party for a charge lower than the market value of the relevant movable or immovable property or service.
§ Section 35(untitled)
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