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    "content": "The clause relates to party campaign expenditure rules. The Committee proposes that, that be deleted. In its place, we have the new part. We also wanted to tidy up the whole section. The two parts, namely, (a) and (b), will now have the title: “Administration and Campaign Financing”. Under that title in Clause 5, we will have a provision that will be to the extent of providing for election campaign financing rules. The Commission, under this new clause, shall make rules to regulate election campaign financing - and this is very important to the Members; the Committee spent a lot of time on it - in the case of a general election, at least, 12 months before the election, and in the case of a by-election or a referendum, at such time as the Commission may determine. This is again because by-elections and referenda are not predictable. They arise on case- by-case basis. In the case of a general election whose date and period are set in the Constitution, the campaign financing rules will allow candidates and parties to prepare in good time. They will be developed by the Commission, at least, 12 months before the election. That will give everybody sufficient time to be aware of the financing rules and to ensure compliance. So, 12 months is the period proposed in the new Clause 5. So, the Committee proposes a deletion of the existing Clause 5 and the inclusion of a new Clause 5 to take care of the matters that I have mentioned."
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