Submit campaign expense reports or face the law: SIEO CEO

The 90 days will lapse on July 29^th 2024, counting from the date after the results of the Joint Election were published in the gazette.

The SIEC CEO said all candidates contesting the Joint Election must submit their accounts of election campaign expenses including funding sources and amounts received by July 29^th.

“This applies to all winning and losing candidates who contested the Parliamentary, Provincial Assembly and Honiara City Council seats.”

Mr. Anisi warned that failure to comply with that legal requirement, by July 29^th is non-compliance and an election offense which carries a maximum penalty of $20,000 fine or 2 years imprisonment, or both.

An additional fine of $100 unit is charged for non-compliance each day a candidate fails to submit his/her campaign expenses after the 90-day period.

The CEO said to avoid paying an accumulation fine of $100 unit each day you fail to submit, candidates are encouraged to submit within the legal time-frame.

The election campaign expense accounts are to be submitted on a prescribed approved form that can be collected from the Solomon Islands Electoral Office either in hard or soft copy or can also be downloaded online from Electoral Commission Official Website, www.siec.gov.sb

Two forms are to be used to submit these expenses.  One is for the submission of all the expenses and the other is a declaration form certifying the integrity of the expense report.

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– SIEC Media Release