Mandating Procedures of Provinces Act, 2008
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Political Party Funding Act, 2018 (Act No. 6 of 2018)Chapter 5 : Enforcement14. Commission's monitoring and inspection powers |
| (1) | The Commission must monitor compliance by political parties with this Act by, subject to subsection (2), evaluating the information and documentation provided by political parties in terms of this Act. |
| (2) | In order to monitor compliance with this Act or investigate a complaint, the Commission may request any person— |
| (a) | to disclose any relevant information; |
| (b) | to produce, in whatever form, any relevant books, records, reports and other documentation; |
| (c) | for permission to— |
| (i) | enter any premises during ordinary working hours to inspect any relevant book, record, report and other document; or |
| (ii) | copy or store in any format, any information, books, records, reports or other documentation produced in terms of paragraph (b) or discovered in terms of paragraph (c)(i); or |
| (d) | to answer a question about any relevant information. |
| (3) | If any person refuses or fails to comply with a request contemplated in subsection (2), the Commission may apply to the Electoral Court for an order to compel compliance with that subsection. |
| (4) | If a complaint relating to the income or expenditure of a political party is lodged with the Commission, it must, if the chief executive officer is of the view that there is prima facie substance to the complaint, investigate the complaint. |
