(1) Subject to subsection (2), as soon as may be after the receipt of a statement of election expenses and a statutory declaration furnished pursuant to section 36, the Public Offices Commission shall cause a copy of the said statement and declaration together with a copy of any relevant court orders to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

(2) Where an error or omission in a statement of election expenses is corrected or made good, as the case may be, in accordance with section 4(2), the Public Offices Commission shall cause a copy of the said statement as so corrected to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.