Former Justice Hamid Ali Mirza, Chief Election Commissioner on Wednesday reminded the political parties to comply with related laws and submit their party accounts by August 29, 2009. The CEC has drawn attention of political parties, that had not submitted their statement of party accounts, to the provisions of Article 13 of the Political Parties Order, 2002.
This article provides that every political party shall submit to the Election Commission, within 60 days from the close of each financial year, a consolidated statement of accounts of the party, duly audited by a Chartered Accountant. The last date for filing statement of accounts by Political Parties is August 29, 2009.
The CEC has said, a certificate signed by the party leader must accompany the statement of accounts stating that; (a) no funds from any source prohibited under the Political Parties Order, 2002, were received by the party; and (b) the statement contains an accurate financial position of the party. Like every previous years, prescribed printed forms are available free of cost in the Election Commission Secretariat, and in the offices of Provincial Election Commissioner, Punjab, Sindh, NWFP and Balochistan.
It has been clarified that in terms of Article 14 of the Political Parties Order, 2002, a party, which fails to submit its statement of accounts under Article 13, will not be eligible to obtain election symbol for contesting elections from Majils-e-Shoora (Parliament) and Provincial Assemblies.
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