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

Chapter 5 : Enforcement

17. Power to recover money irregularly accept or spent

 

(1) A political party is liable to pay to the Commission any money that is—
(a) accepted in contravention of sections 8, 9(1) or 10; or
(b) spent in contravention of section 7.

 

(2) The Commission must recover any money contemplated in subsection (1) by—
(a) instituting a civil claim; or
(b) setting off the liability against any amount to be allocated to a represented political party from the Funds.

 

(3) Any money paid in terms of subsection (1) or recovered in terms of subsection (2)(a) must be credited to the Funds.

 

(4) A represented political party contemplated in subsection (1) may not share in any allocation of the paid back or recovered money.