Funding of political parties
Beyond ACAs, agencies responsible for or partially involved in this area include ministries, the Attorney General, the Legislature Audit office, state comptroller and Electoral Authority. More and more governments are creating an impartial and independent agency with administrative and enforcement powers.
ACAs can have various types of mandates in relation to the financing of political parties, ranging from participation in drafting proposals for the improvement of existing systems to checking the legality of donations received by parties, alleged violations of the pre- election expenditure limits, annual financial declarations or pre- and post-election campaign expenditure declarations. ACAs may perform investigations and impose administrative sanctions in the case of violations. Multi-task ACAs may conduct a criminal investigation in cases where there may be criminal liability in relation to financing of political parties.