subsection (1) shall declare forfeited to the State any foreign donation, whether consisting of an
article or money or both, which forms the subject-matter of the offence.
(7) The proviso to subsection (1) and subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) of section 62 of the
Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Chapter 9:07] shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in relation
to a declaration in terms of subsection (6).
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Solicitation of donations by foreigners prohibited
(1) No person who is a citizen of a foreign country domiciled in a country other than
Zimbabwe shall, within Zimbabwe, solicit donations from the public on behalf of any political
party or candidate.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a
fine—
(a) equivalent to the market value of the donations collected by that person; or
(b) level twelve;
whichever is the greater amount, or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or
both.
(3) Subsections (6), (7), (8) and (9) of section six shall apply in relation to an offence in
terms of this section.
PART IV
GENERAL
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Regulations
(1) The Minister may by regulations prescribe all matters which by this Act are required or
permitted to be prescribed, or which, in his opinion, are necessary or convenient to be
prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
(2) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may provide for—
(a) prescribing the form of the application referred to in section four;
(b) the form and manner in which records of donations shall be kept by political parties;
(c) the keeping by political parties of proper books of accounts, the audit of the accounts
of political parties, and the form, content and publication of statements of accounts by
political parties.
(3) Regulations made under this section may prescribe penalties for any contravention of
them not exceeding a fine of level seven.
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Repeal and savings
(1) The Political Parties (Finance) Act [Chapter 2:04] is repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), anything done or commenced under the Political
Parties (Finance) Act [Chapter 2:04] and which, immediately before the date of commencement
of this Act, had or was capable of acquiring legal effect shall be deemed, on or after that date, to
have been done or commenced under the appropriate provision of this Act and shall continue to
have or to be capable of acquiring, as the case may be, the same legal effect.
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