(1) During the pre-election campaign period, paid pre-election campaign materials shall be placed in mass media radio and television programmes, public outdoor and indoor areas, periodicals (newspapers and magazines), bulletins, books, and other periodicals produced by print technology and on the Internet and paid pre-election campaign shall be conducted in the official language (including the Latgalian written language) or the Livonian language. (2) During the pre-election campaign period before the elections of the European Parliament and local government councils, the pre-election campaign materials referred to in Paragraph one of this Section may include or the pre-election campaign may be provided with translation in the official languages of the European Union Member States provided that the use of the official language (including the Latgalian written language) or the Livonian language may not be lesser or narrower than the content in the foreign language either aurally or visually. (3) If the violation of Paragraph one or two of this Section is established, the head of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau has the obligation to assign the unrelated person to transfer the financial resources used for unlawful pre-election campaign into the State budget within 30 days. Upon a motivated request of the relevant person, the head of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau may divide the repayment of the financial resources into periods or extend the period of repayment of financial resources but for no longer than 90 days. [22 June 2023]
§ Section 5.¹Use of the Language in a Pre-election Campaign
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