(1) Subject to subsection (2), as soon as may be after the receipt of a statement -

(a) in relation to donations under section 48, or

(b) of election expenses under section 56,

the Public Offices Commission shall cause a copy of the said statement to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas, together with, in the case of a statement referred to in paragraph (a), a copy of the statutory declaration referred to in section 48(2), and, in the case of a statement referred to in paragraph (b), a copy of the statutory declaration referred to in section 56 and any relevant court orders.

(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.