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

Chapter 6 : General Provisions

23. Funding of represented political parties and independent representatives by legislature
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[Section 23 heading substituted by section 26 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]

 

(1) Parliament or a provincial legislature may not fund represented political parties or independent representatives other than through sections 57(2) and section 116(2) of the Constitution, section 34 of the Financial Management of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, 2009 (Act No. 10 of 2009) and this Act.

 

(2) The accounting officer of a legislature as defined in section 1 of the Financial Management of Parliament and Provincial Legislatures Act, 2009, must annually in the prescribed form and manner disclose any funding of represented political parties or independent representatives under sections 57(2) and 116(2) of the Constitution respectively, to the Commission.

 

[Section 23(1) and (2) substituted by section 26 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]