# Political Party Funding Act: Proposed Regulations - Link: https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/political-party-funding-act-proposed-regulations/ - Published: 2019-03-19T10:14:41+02:00 - Author: dearSA # The Chief Electoral Officer of the Electoral Commission invites stakeholders and interested parties to submit written submissions on the proposed regulations for the Political Party Funding Act. ## **5620 **active citizens had a say The IEC wants your help to close any loophole and invites you to provide suggestions or comments in support or objection. Should you be unsure, please read the live comments, media, summary or documents below.   _Closing date is Friday, 22 March 2019_ ## Add your comment now. **Error:** Contact form not found. _A copy of your message will be sent to you along with an automated proof of receipt. Check your junk mail folder if you can’t find it._ #### 󠀁[SUMMARY - CLICK TO VIEW](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/political-party-funding-act-proposed-regulations/#1539776900854-6d9102cc-94b2)󠁿 The Political Party Funding Act provides for and regulates the public and private funding of political parties, in particular: the establishment and management of Represented Political Parties’ Fund and the Multiparty Democracy Fund; to prohibit certain donations made directly to political parties; to regulate disclosure of donations accepted; to determine the duties of political parties in respect of funding; to provide for powers and duties of the Commission; to provide for administrative fines; to repeal the Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act, 1997; and provide for transitional matters. The Draft Political Party Funding Regulations 2019, read in conjunction with Schedule 2 of the Act, are intended to give effect to these provisions and cover all chapters of the Act except Chapter 5 which deals with enforcement. The implementation plan for the Act is to phase in the Act over a period of three years in line with the availability of funding and capacity in the Electoral Commission. First to come into effect will be Chapters 1 – 4 which deal with the establishment of the Represented Political Party Fund (RPPF) and the Multiparty Democracy Fund( MDF), direct funding of political parties and disclosure of such funding, and the duties of political parties respectively, and Chapter 6 which deals with general provisions. Chapter 5 will be implemented later. Among the key provisions of the prescript is the requirement on political parties and donors to make separate disclosures of all donations in excess of the declaration threshold of R100 000 per year. The Electoral Commission is currently developing an electronic online submission system to facilitate easy and efficient declarations. ## LIVE COMMENT FEED Displaying newest 5 comments sent. [click to see more comments ](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/political-party-funding-act-proposed-regulations/comments-2/) ## DOWNLOAD DOCUMENTS * [Political Party Funding Act](http://pmg-assets.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/act-no-6-of-2018-political-party-fund-ing-act-2018_20190123-GGN-42188-00063.pdf) ## MEDIA LINKS * 702 – [[LISTEN] Electoral Commission publishes draft regulations for Party Funding Act](http://www.702.co.za/articles/340116/listen-electoral-commission-publishes-draft-regulations-for-party-funding-act) ![](https://cdn.dearsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20191341/Feeds- and-Pet-Food-Bill-2.png "_Feeds and Pet Food Bill (2)") _Important to note; this is not a petition but is the first step in an essential Participative Democracy process protected under the SA Constitution. Your__ comment is immediately sent as a **unique email** to the designated government representative and must, by law, be acknowledged and considered. Had this been a petition, all comments would be seen as a single collective submission._ _By using this service you ensure an accurate record is held by civil society (on our encrypted database) so government cannot dispute facts or figures. This process forms a solid foundation for a legal case should the necessity arise._ [ ⌊dear-ad-banner1⌉](https://dearsouthafrica.co.za/advertise/)