28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Yes. That Clause 17 subclause (4) be deleted. Thank you.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 18 be amended— (a) in sub clause (2), by deleting the phrase “or a State institution” and substituting therefor the words “a state institution or a public officer”; (b) by deleting subclause (3) and substituting therefor the following new subsection— “(3) A candidate who or a political party or a referendum committee which receives any campaign support referred to in subsection The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
(1) shall, within forty-eight hours of the receipt, report such receipt and submit the contribution to the Commission”; (c) by inserting the following new subclause immediately after sub clause (5)— “(6) A candidate who or a political party or a referendum committee which contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence”.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, on Clause 18, the Committee proposes an amendment in subclause (2) on prohibitions of contributions. One of the prohibitions on contribution spoken to by the Committee are being facilitated by the deletion of the words “or a State institution” and substituting thereof the words “a state institution or a public officer”, so that the prohibition for contribution can be to both a State institution and a public officer to ensure that State institutions or public officers do not use public resources to support or campaign in support of a candidate, a political party or a referendum ...
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
We have a further amendment in subclause (3) deleting the existing subclause and replacing it with a new subsection, which says that a candidate or a political party or a referendum committee that receives any campaign support referred to in subsection (1) shall, within 48 hours of the receipt, report such receipt and submit the contribution to the Commission. If you receive any funding from the State or from a public officer or from a State institution, the party or the candidate will be required to submit that money to the Commission, and not keep that money.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there will be another subclause coming after subclause (5), which says that a candidate or a political party or a referendum committee that contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence. If you receive any campaign support as a candidate of a political party or a referendum committee from a State institution or a public officer, you will have committed an offence. So, that is the extent of the amendments on Clause 18, prohibiting contributions by State institutions or public officers and going further to detail what should happen if you receive any support from any of those ...
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
THAT, Clause 19 be amended— (a) in sub clause (2), by— (i) deleting the word “expenditure” in paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the words “campaign financing”; (ii) deleting the word “three” in paragraph (c)(i) and substituting therefor the word “eight”; (b) in subclause (4), by deleting the phrase “expenditure committee” and substituting therefor the words “authorised person”.
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the amendment to subclause (2)(c) is only to the extent of changing the words “expenditure” to “campaign financing”. It is just a matter of language. In the subsequent amendment proposed on subclause (c)(i), we are dealing with the question of timelines. Any person who will be going into electoral campaigns must open a campaign financing account into which the contributions shall be deposited. In the case of a candidate or a political party committee, the account will be opened eight months before the poling day. The earlier provision was for three months. The Committee felt that ...
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28 Nov 2013 in National Assembly:
In Clause 19(4), we have another issue of clarifying the language in the sense of removing the “expenditure committee” and bringing in the “authorised persons”, whom we have defined in Clause 6.
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