§ Section 7.³(untitled)

Refusal to
Grant State Budget Financing and Interruption or Suspension of
Disbursement of State Budget Financing
(1) The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau shall take
the decision to refuse to grant the State budget financing to the
political organisation (party) which conforms to the condition in
Section 7.¹, Paragraph one of this Law, if it is found
when examining a submission that within the last four years:
1) the political organisation (party) has been punished for
exceeding the amount of pre-election expenses by more than 10 per
cent and the decision has entered into effect;
2) the political organisation (party) has been punished for
the transactions or gifts (donations) received which have not
been disclosed in the annual statement or declaration of revenues
and expenditures of elections and the total amount of which
exceeds 100 minimum monthly wages, and the decision has entered
into effect;
3) a coercive measure has been imposed on the political
organisation (party) in accordance with the Criminal Law and the
court ruling has entered into effect.
(2) If violations referred to in Paragraph one of this Section
by the political organisation (party) are found, the decision to
impose a punishment has entered into effect or the coercive
measure has been imposed after the decision to grant the State
budget financing has been taken, the Corruption Prevention and
Combating Bureau shall take the decision to suspend the
disbursement of the State budget financing.
(3) The decision to suspend the disbursement of the State
budget financing shall also be taken if the political
organisation (party) terminates its operations or if the
operations thereof are prohibited by a court ruling that has
entered into effect.
(3¹) The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau
shall, after receipt of information from the Saeima, take
the decision to suspend the disbursement of the State budget
financing referred to in Section 7.¹, Paragraph one,
Clause 1 of this Law if:
1) the activity of the fraction of the political organisation
(party) established in the Saeima is discontinued;
2) the number of the members of the fraction of the political
organisation (party) established in the Saeima decreases
by more than two thirds.
(4) The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau shall take
the decision to suspend the disbursement of the State budget
financing if:
1) the operations of a political organisation (party) are
suspended - for the period of the suspension of the operations of
the political organisation (party);
2) the political organisation (party) has not submitted its
annual statement or declaration of the revenues and expenditures
of elections for the previous year - for the next calendar
year;
3) it has been found that the political organisation (party)
has violated the provisions of Section 7.⁴ of this Law
by illegally using the State budget financing granted thereto in
the relevant year in the amount of more than EUR 30 000, and the
decision on the transfer of the illegally spent State financial
resources into the State budget has entered into effect - for one
year.
(5) The political organisation (party) may appeal the decision
referred to in Paragraphs one, two, three, 3.¹, and
four of this Section to a court in accordance with the procedures
laid down in the Administrative Procedure Law. The appeal of the
decision does not suspend its validity.
[10 June 2010; 26 October 2017; 14 November 2019; 24
February 2022]