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Amendment of section 19B of Act of 1999.
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31.— Section 19B (inserted by section 58(m) of the Act of 2001) of the Act of 1999 is amended—
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(a) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1):
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“(1) (a) Without prejudice to subsection (2) a candidate at an election shall not, directly or through any intermediary, accept in connection with the election from a particular person—
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(i) a donation the value of which exceeds €1,000, or
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(ii) a donation of cash of an amount which exceeds €200.
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(b) Without prejudice to subsection (2), none of the following persons, namely—
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(i) a member of a local authority,
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(ii) a political party, or
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(iii) a third party,
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shall, directly or through any intermediary, accept from a particular person in a particular year—
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(I) a donation the value of which exceeds, in case the first-mentioned person falls within subparagraph (i), €1,000,
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(II) a donation the value of which exceeds, in case the first-mentioned person falls within subparagraph (ii) or (iii), €2,500, or
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(III) a donation of cash of an amount which exceeds €200.”,
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and
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(b) in subsection (3) by substituting “€1,000 or €2,500” for “£2,000 or £5,000”.
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