§ Article 57Report of election campaign expense

Report of election campaign expense

1. Once an electoral bloc is registered with the CEC, political unions united in the bloc shall be obliged to suspend activities of their party funds and use
solely the fund of the party being the first on the list of the electoral bloc.

2. An electoral subject, once in three weeks following the registration, shall be obliged to publish information, in the forms defined, about the sources,
amounts, and dates of receipt of donations.

3. Electoral subjects shall, not later than one month after the announcement of final results of elections, submit to the State Audit Office a report of
funds having been used up to the time of reporting, together with an audit (audit firm) report, specifying the source of funds. The electoral subjects that
have received, based on preliminary data, the required number of votes as defined by this Law, shall submit the same to the State Audit Office not later
than 18 days after the polling day. Any auditor (audit firm) operating in the territory of Georgia may carry out an audit.

4. Political unions united in an electoral bloc shall submit to the State Audit Office, together with the reports of their election campaign expense, a bank
document evidencing the suspension of financial operations of the accounts of their funds.

5. Electoral subjects that nominated majoritarian candidates running in the second round of elections, not later than one month after the publication of
final results of the second round, shall submit, in the form established by the State Audit Office, the information about the funds remaining unused by
the electoral subject; while the electoral subjects that have received, based on preliminary data, the required number of votes as defined by this Law,
shall submit the same not later than the eighth day after polling.

6. If the electoral subjects having received the required number of votes as provided for by this Law fail to submit a report of their election campaign
funds within the specified time frame, or if any violation of the requirements provided for by law is confirmed, the State Audit Office shall notify the
electoral subjects in writing and request them to remedy the deficiency and submit detailed information about the relevant violations in writing. If the
State Audit Office deems that the violation is of an essential nature and could have affected the election results, it may recommend to the relevant
election commission to apply to court and request to summarize election results without taking into account the votes received by that electoral subject.

7. The State Audit Office shall determine the form of a report for funds used for elections and the procedure for its completion.

Organic Law of Georgia No 6551 of 22 June 2012 – website, 29.6.2012

Organic Law of Georgia No 877 of 27 July 2013 – website, 20.8.2013

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