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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2013 - onwards

48AA. Limits on donations from corporate donors in relation to presidential elections.

(1) None of the following persons namely -

(a) a candidate,

(b) a presidential election agent, or

(c) a third party at a presidential election,

shall, directly or through any intermediary, accept from a particular corporate donor in a particular year a donation the value of which exceeds €200 unless -

(i) the corporate donor is registered on the register of corporate donors, and

(ii) a statement is made on behalf of the corporate donor and furnished with the donation to the donee confirming that the making of the donation was approved by the corporate donor.

(2) A statement under subsection (1)(ii) shall be in the form directed by the Standards in Public Office Commission and shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration that to the best of the knowledge and belief of the person concerned, the statement is correct in every material respect and that the person has taken all reasonable action in order to be satisfied as to the accuracy of the statement.