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FOREIGN INTERFERENCE (COUNTERMEASURES)
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(5) Where—

(a) a politically significant person accepts any political donation from a person (called a donor) who, at the time of its acceptance by the politically significant person—
(i) is not a permissible donor; or
(ii) is a prohibited donor in relation to the politically significant person; and
(b) the politically significant person knew or ought reasonably to have known that the donor—
(i) is not a permissible donor; or
(ii) is a prohibited donor in relation to the politically significant person,

the politically significant person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.


PART 6
COUNTERMEASURES FOR OTHER ACTIVITIES

Division 1—Foreign affiliations

Disclosure of foreign affiliation

76.—(1) Subject to this Act, a politically significant person must disclose to a competent authority in accordance with this Division every reportable arrangement to which the politically significant person is party at any time during a reporting period.

(2) Disclosure to a competent authority of every reportable arrangement to which a politically significant person is party during a reporting period must be in a foreign affiliations report relating to the reporting period that—

(a) is in the form required by the competent authority;