Act to make provision for provision of financial assistance from public funds to registered political
parties.
The new Sections 27 to 30 seek to establish a fund to be called the Political Parties Financial
Support Fund into which moneys appropriated by the Appropriation Act would be paid and out of
which the Registrar of Political Parties would grant assistance to the Parties".
Political Parties (Registration and Regulation) Act, 27/01/1992, updated in 1996.
Sections 3 and 4: "There shall be a Registrar of Political Parties who shall be the Electoral
Commissioner appointed under Article 115 of the Constitution. The Registrar shall keep a register
in which recorded such particulars relating to a registered political party as may be prescribed".
Section 5: "A political party consisting of not less than 100 registered members may apply in the
prescribed form to the Registrar for registration under this Act".
Section 7. "Refusal to register" regulates the only causes by which the registration
may be denied, accordingly, the Registrar may refuse if he is satisfied thata) the application is not in conformity with this Act
b) the name of the party is identical to the name of a registered one or so nearly
resembles it, or is provocative, offends against public decency or is contrary to any
written law.
c) Any purpose or object of the party is unlawful.
Paragraph 2 of this Section describes, the purposes that are considered unlawful: to
further discrimination, to seek to effect changes in the Republic through violence
and, to secede any part of the Republic from the Republic.
In any case of refusal there is a right to appeal.
Section 26: "A registered political party shall be exempt from tax on its income".
Section 27.1: "There is hereby established a fund to be called the Political Parties Financial
Support Fund…"
Section 28.1: "The moneys to the Fund shall consist of monies appropriated by an appropriation
Act paid into the Fund".
Section 29.2: "Each political party which had nominated candidates for the immediately
proceeding general election shall be entitled to receive … such sum as is equal to the proportion which
the total of number of valid votes cast or deemed to be cast…"
The Act moreover includes confidentiality.
Industrial Relations Act, 12/11/1993
Specifying objects and reasons of the Act, the introductory part of the Industrial
Relations Bill states: "This Bill seeks to give legislative effect to the decision of the Government,