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Political Party Funding Act, 2018 (Act No. 6 of 2018)

Chapter 3 : Direct Funding of Political Parties

8. Prohibited donations

 

(1) Political parties may not accept a donation from any of the following sources:
(a) Foreign governments or foreign government agencies;
(b) subject to subsection (4), foreign persons or entities;
(c) organs of state; or
(d) state-owned enterprises.

 

(2) A political party may not accept a donation from a person or entity in excess of the prescribed amount within a financial year.

 

(3) A political party may not accept a donation that it knows or ought reasonably to have known, or suspected, originates from the proceeds of crime and must report that knowledge or suspicion to the Commission.

 

(4) Subject to subsection (5), nothing in subsection (1)(b) prevents a political party from accepting donations from foreign entities for the purpose of—
(a) training or skills development of a member of a political party; or
(b) policy development by a political party.

 

(5) The total donations contemplated in subsection (4) is limited to a prescribed amount within a financial year.