§ Section 2Sources of Financing

(1) The political organisations (parties) may be financed
from:
1) membership fees and joining fees;
2) gifts (donations) from natural persons;
3) income from economic activities of the relevant political
organisation (party);
3¹) State budget - in the cases specified in
law;
4) other sources of financing, except for those from which it
is statutory prohibited to finance political organisations
(parties).
(2) Within the meaning of this Law, a gift (donation) is any
economic or other types of gratuitous benefits including
services, transfer of rights, release of the political
organisation (party) from an obligation, refusal from any right
in favour of the political organisation (party), as well as other
activities by which any benefit is granted to the political
organisation (party). Within the meaning of this Law, a gift
(donation) is also a transfer of movable or immovable property
into the ownership of the political organisation (party) and
provision of services to the political organisation (party) for a
fee lower than the market value of the relevant movable or
immovable property or service.
(2¹) The restrictions on gifts (donations)
specified in this Law shall not be applicable to those mutual
transfers and account settlements that are performed between an
alliance of political organisations (parties) and the political
organisations (parties) that form part of it and also between two
or more political organisations (parties) forming one alliance of
political organisations (parties).
(3) Natural persons are allowed to make gifts (donations), pay
membership fees and joining fees from their income, but the total
amount of such gifts (donations), payments of membership fees and
joining fees may not exceed 30 per cent of the income earned by
such persons in the previous calendar year.
(3¹) In case of receipt of the State budget
financing provided for in Section 7.¹ of this Law,
natural persons are allowed to make gifts (donations), pay
membership fees and joining fees from their income, however, the
total amount of such gifts (donations), membership fees, and
joining fees to all political parties which receive the State
budget financing and which are represented in the Saeima
may not exceed five minimum monthly wages.
(3²) In case of receipt of the State budget
financing provided for in Section 7.¹ of this Law,
natural persons are allowed to make gifts (donations), pay
membership fees and joining fees from their income, however, the
total amount of such gifts (donations), membership fees, and
joining fees to all political parties which receive the State
budget financing and for which more than two per cent but not
more than five per cent of voters have voted in the last
elections of the Saeima may not exceed 12 minimum monthly
wages.
(3³) If the State budget financing is received by
an alliance of political organisations (parties) or a political
organisation (party) which joins an alliance of political
organisations (parties) that does not receive the State budget
financing, the restriction provided for in Paragraph
3.¹ or 3.² of this Section shall apply to
the total amount of the gifts (donations) made and membership
fees and joining fees paid by one natural person to the alliance
of political organisations (parties) and all political
organisations (parties) forming the alliance of political
organisations (parties).
(4) Upon request of the Corruption Prevention and Combating
Bureau, the person giving the gift (donation), the payer of the
membership fee and joining fee shall provide to the Corruption
Prevention and Combating Bureau information on his or her income,
money savings, debt liabilities or properties and also submit
documents certifying the origin of the sources of financing.
(5) When ascertaining the information referred to in Paragraph
four of this Section, the Corruption Prevention and Combating
Bureau may request that the natural person who has given a gift
(donation) or paid the membership fee or joining fee submits a
filled-in form about his or her income, money savings, debt
liabilities, and properties. The information to be indicated in
the form and the procedures for its submission shall be
determined by the Cabinet.
(6) If the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau has
requested information or documents from a natural person in
accordance with Paragraph four or five of this Section, the
person shall provide the abovementioned information or submit the
documents within 30 days after the day it was requested (the day
when the person has been notified of the request). Upon a
motivated submission of the natural person, the director of the
Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau may extend such term
up to three months, counting from the day when the person has
submitted the submission for the extension of the term.
(7) If the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau
establishes, when evaluating the information provided for in
Paragraph four or five of this Section and other materials of the
file, that the gift (donation), the paid membership fee or
joining fee does not conform to the requirements of Paragraph
three of this Section, the director of the Corruption Prevention
and Combating Bureau shall take a motivated decision on the
transfer of the relevant funds into the State budget and transfer
of the property into State ownership in conformity with Section
10, Paragraph two of this Law.
[6 June 2002; 12 February 2004; 17 July 2008; 10 June 2010;
29 November 2012; 26 October 2017; 14 November 2019]