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FOREIGN INTERFERENCE (COUNTERMEASURES)
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entity—the responsible officers of the political party or Part 4 politically significant entity in question;
(b) where the donation report or declaration is required in respect of a candidate at an election or the candidate’s election agent—the candidate and the candidate’s election agent in question or (as the case may be) the candidate at a presidential election and the candidate’s principal election agent in question;
(c) where the donation report or declaration is required in respect of any other politically significant person who is not mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b)—that person.

(2) If a donation report which is required by section 62 to be given to the competent authority is given to the competent authority, but the donation report does not comply with the requirements of section 62(2)(c) as regards the recording of reportable political donations in the report, then the following persons shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction:

(a) where the donation report is required in respect of a political party or Part 4 politically significant entity—the responsible officers of the political party or Part 4 politically significant entity in question;
(b) where the donation report is required in respect of a candidate at an election or the candidate’s election agent—the candidate and the candidate’s election agent in question or (as the case may be) the candidate at a presidential election and the candidate’s principal election agent in question;
(c) where the donation report is required in respect of a politically significant person not mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b)—that politically significant person.