§ Section 35(untitled)

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(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.

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