Electoral Act 1993

Election expenses, donations, and annual financial statements - General provisions relating to donations

207M: Records of candidate donations

You could also call this:

"Candidates must keep accurate records of donations they receive to ensure a fair election."

If you are a candidate, you must keep proper records of all donations you receive. You have to make sure these records are accurate and complete. If you do not keep these records and you do not have a good reason for not doing so, you can be fined up to $40,000 if you are found guilty of the offence.

You can find more information about this by looking at the Electoral Act 1986 and the Electoral Amendment Act 2009, as well as the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.

When you keep records of donations, you are helping to make sure everything is transparent and fair, which is an important part of the electoral process in New Zealand.

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Government and voting > Elections

207LA: Offence relating to splitting party donation or contribution to party donation, or

"It's against the law to split donations to a political party to hide the total amount."

207N: Records of party donations, or

"Parties must keep accurate records of all donations they receive"

Part 6AElection expenses, donations, and annual financial statements
General provisions relating to donations

207MRecords of candidate donations

A candidate must keep proper records of all candidate donations received by him or her.
A candidate who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40,000.

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2007 No 111 s 34

Notes

Section 207M: inserted, on 1 March 2009, by section 6 of the Electoral Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 1).
Section 207M(2): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).