§ Section 8.²Declaration of Revenues and Expenditures of Elections

(1) The political organisations (parties) which have submitted
their lists of candidates for the elections of the Saeima,
local government council, or the European Parliament shall,
within 30 days after the elections of the Saeima, local
government council, or the European Parliament, submit a
declaration of the revenues and expenditures of elections signed
by the representative of the relevant political organisation
(party) to the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau using
the Electronic Data Input System in accordance with the
procedures stipulated by the Cabinet.
(2) The declaration of the revenues and expenditures of
elections shall disclose all the revenues and expenditures which
have arisen over the period from the 120th day before the
elections up to the election day, regardless of the date when a
document attesting the transaction has been written out (invoice,
contract or other document), the payment for the following is
received or made:
1) placement of an advertisement:
a) on public television;
b) on public radio;
c) on commercial television;
d) on commercial radio;
e) in newspapers, magazines, bulletins and other periodicals
registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in the
law, produced by print technology and widely circulated
throughout the whole territory of the State;
f) in newspapers, magazines, bulletins and other periodicals
registered in accordance with the procedures laid down in law,
produced by print technology and for which the largest part of
circulation is being distributed in the territory of a single
republic city or district;
g) on the Internet, except for the website of the political
organisation (party);
h) in premises and public places (in squares, streets, on
bridges and in other similar places) regardless of the
ownership;
2) use of postal services (also electronic mail) in order to
send the pre-election campaign materials with the help of it;
3) the preparation of advertising materials of all types
(video materials, audio materials, posters, etc.) for
distribution in the manner indicated in Clauses 1 and 2 of this
Paragraph;
4) the planning, preparation and organisation of the election
campaign;
5) paying wages to the persons involved in the election
campaign and making other payments to natural persons, except for
the cases provided for in Clause 8 of this Paragraph;
6) renting moveable and immovable property for the needs of
the election campaign;
7) publishing newspapers, magazines, bulletins, books and
other publications produced in print technology for the needs of
the election campaign;
8) financing, sponsoring charity events, paying benefits and
making gifts (donations);
9) covering other expenditures arising from the election
campaign which shall be disclosed as separate types.
(2¹) If the Saeima is recalled or dissolved,
the expenses referred to in Paragraph two of this Section which
have arisen over the period from the day of announcement of the
elections up to the day of the elections shall be indicated in
the declaration of the revenues and expenditures of elections
referred to in Paragraph two of this Section, regardless of the
date when a document attesting the transaction has been written
out (invoice, contract or other document), payment received or
made.
(3) The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau shall audit
declarations of revenues and expenditures of elections and shall,
within six months from the closing date of the period for
submitting the declarations, inform at once the public of all
violation of the provisions for the financing of political
organisations (parties) identified in all those submitted
declarations, as well as of the measures implemented for the
prevention thereof.
[12 February 2004; 22 December 2004; 17 July 2008; 16 June
2011; 29 November 2012; 26 October 2017 / The new wording
of Paragraph one shall come into force on 30 June 2019.
See Paragraph 24 of Transitional Provisions]