Cap. 544 ст. 22Principle of transparency.

(1) Political parties shall give account to the Commission in respect of their financial administration. The Commission may request information, on its own initiative, concerning the said financial administration as provided in this Act.

(2) Political parties which are found by the Commission to have infringed any of the provisions of this Act shall be subject to sanction:

(a) by mere exposure and adverse comment being made public; and, or

(b) by the infliction of administrative fines. transactions.

(2) The accounting records shall be kept in such manner that they:

(a) disclose, at any time, and with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the political party at that time; and

(b) enable the treasurer to ensure that any statement of accounts prepared by him for the purposes of the annual statements of accounts comply with the principles and accounting practices and in accordance with generally accepted audit standards and with the relevant provisions of this Act.

(3) The accounting records must in particular contain:

(a) sufficient details to be able to identify all sources of income received and all disbursements made by the political party, and the matters in respect of which such receipts and expenditure takes place;

(b) a record of the assets and liabilities of the political party; and

(c) the details of entities including commercial enterprises which are related directly or indirectly to a political party or are otherwise under its effective management or control.