| (1) | Any person commits an offence who contravenes— |
[Section 19(1)(a)(b) substituted by section 24(a) of the Electoral Matters Amendment Act, 2024, Notice No. 4790, GG50624, dated 7 May 2024 - Commencement 8 May 2024 by Proclamation 165, GG50628, dated 8 May 2024]
| (2) | Any person convicted of any offence referred to in— |
| (a) | subsection (1)(a), may be sentenced to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 5 years or both; or |
| (b) | subsection (1)(b), may be sentenced to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or both. |
| (3) | Any person who makes a donation to a political party, a member of a political party, an independent candidate or an independent representative in the expectation that the party, member, independent representative or candidate concerned will influence the awarding of a tender, licence, approval, consent or permission, or the relaxation of a condition or restriction in relation thereto, in the said person’s favour, commits an offence and may be sentenced to a fine as prescribed or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or both. |
[Section 19(3) inserted by section 24(b) of the Electoral Matters Amendment Act, 2024, Notice No. 4790, GG50624, dated 7 May 2024 - Commencement 8 May 2024 by Proclamation 165, GG50628, dated 8 May 2024]
| (4) | Any person who makes a donation— |
| (a) | to a member of a political party, instead of the political party concerned; or |
| (b) | to an independent representative or independent candidate, to circumvent the provisions of Chapter 3, commits an offence and may be sentenced to a prescribed fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or both. |
[Section 19(4) inserted by section 24(b) of the Electoral Matters Amendment Act, 2024, Notice No. 4790, GG50624, dated 7 May 2024 - Commencement 8 May 2024 by Proclamation 165, GG50628, dated 8 May 2024]
| (5) | Any member of a political party who— |
| (a) | accepts a donation instead of his or her political party to circumvent the provisions of Chapter 3; or |
| (b) | appropriates for himself or herself a donation intended to be made to his or her political party, commits an offence and may be sentenced to a fine as prescribed or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or both |
[Section 19(5) inserted by section 24(b) of the Electoral Matters Amendment Act, 2024, Notice No. 4790, GG50624, dated 7 May 2024 - Commencement 8 May 2024 by Proclamation 165, GG50628, dated 8 May 2024]
