Election expenses regulations

(1) The Minister may make Regulations– (a) with respect to the incurring of expenses and the making of payments by or on behalf of a candidate, whether before, during or after an 21 election, on account of or in respect of, the conduct or management of such election; (b) requiring the appointment of an election agent through or by whom all expenses or payments as mentioned in paragraph (a) shall be incurred or made; (c) fixing the maximum amount of expenses that may be incurred or paid, whether before, during or after an election, on account, or in respect of the conduct or management of such election; (d) fixing the time within which all election expenses shall be paid and barring all claims in respect thereof not made within the prescribed time; and (e) requiring a return of expenses and prescribing the form in which the same shall be made and verified. (2) Contraventions of Regulations made under sub-section (1) may be declared by the Minister to be illegal practices, and provisions may be made in the said Regulations for the punishment on summary conviction, of persons committing or aiding, abetting, inciting, attempting to take part or taking part in the commission of such illegal practices, by– (a) a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars; and (b) disqualification from voting at any election under this Act, the Town Councils Act, the Belize City Council Act, the Representation of the People Act, and from being elected or appointed, as the case may be, as a member of a City Council, Town Council, Village CAP. 87. CAP. 85. CAP. 9. 22 Council or of the National Assembly for a period of three years from the date of his conviction. (3) Regulations made by the Minister pursuant to this section shall be subject to negative resolution by the House of Representatives. (4) An election petition may be presented in respect of any illegal practice declared by such Regulations to be the grounds for the presentation of any such petition. (5) Until such time as the Minister makes Regulations mentioned in this section for elections to the Belmopan City Council, Regulations applicable to Belize City in respect of the same matters shall be applied, mutatis mutandis, to elections for the City of Belmopan. CAP. 4.