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1 shall issue an order, on conditions it deems just, requiring 2 compliance with a valid order of the Board issued under 3 this subsection upon petition by the Board or on a motion 4 to quash by such person.

5 (f) The Board shall report suspected violations of this 6 Act or any other related statutes to the appropriate law 7 enforcement authority.

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SEC. 7. (a) In order to be eligible to receive amounts

10 from the fund, a candidate shall

(1) file with the Board, at such time and in such

manner as it shall require (but not sooner than January 1 of the year in which the election for which he

seeks a campaign subsidy is to be held or three months before the primary election for that office, whichever is earlier) a sworn statement in which he agrees—

(A) to maintain and make available to the Board such records, books, and other information as the Board may require;

(B) to forfeit to the fund the security furnished under paragraph (2) if he fails to receive at least

10 per centum of the votes cast in the primary in

which he was a candidate, or the votes cast for all

candidates in the general election (as the case may

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(C) to repay into the fund the aggregate amount of transfers made to his account from the fund if he fails to receive at least 5 per centum of

the votes cast in the primary in which he was a

candidate or the votes cast for all candidates in the general election (as the case may be).

(2) furnish the Board a security deposit in an amount equal to one-fifth of the amount of the subsidy which he is entitled to receive from the fund in connection with the election for which he requests assistance

(but in no event to be less than $3,000). The security deposit posted under this paragraph is forfeitable to the

Board in the event he fails to make a payment required

under paragraph (1). A candidate who, having posted

security in connection with a party primary election

and having won such primary, is the nominee for elec

tion of that party, may ask the Board to retain his secu

rity in satisfaction of this paragraph for the receipt of subsidies in the general election. The Board shall retain and accept such security for this purpose without any

increase being made in the amount of the security;

(3) furnish the Board with evidence satisfactory

to the Board that he has qualified under applicable laws

for nomination and election to the office which he seeks;

(4) furnish the Board, in a form prescribed by the

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Board, a sworn statement of all campaign expenditures

made prior to the date of such statement and all contributions received which have been used for campaign

expenditures or which remain available for campaign expenditures. The statement shall include the date, amount and nature of each expenditure, the date and amount of each contribution, and the name, address and,

in the case of individuals, the occupation of each contributor. The statement shall also list each amount of the personal resources of the candidate which have been used for campaign expenditures or which remain avail

able for campaign expenditures, the date such amount

was made available and the source of the amount; and

(5) furnish in a separate statement, with the information required by paragraph (4), all of the contributions and personal resources used to post the security deposit under this section. After the election, if the bond is not forfeited to the fund pursuant to paragraph (1), the Board shall return to those contributors and sources

of personal resources an amount of money equal to their respective contributions.

(b) No candidate shall be eligible to receive transfers to

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(1) he received such transfers in connection with

his primary election campaign, or

(2) he was not a candidate for nomination for

election in any primary election held for the selection of

candidates for election to the office to which he seeks election.

(d) Any candidate who has received transfers to his account from the fund in connection with his primary cam

14 paign shall be subject to the provisions of this Act, in any 15 general election campaign for the same office, without regard 16 to whether he seeks transfers in connection with the general 17 election.

18 (e) The Board shall promptly notify any candidate who 19 applies for assistance from the fund if he is eligible to receive 20 transfers from the fund, together with a verification of the 21 total amount to which he is entitled in connection with his 22 primary election campaign and the total amount which he 23 would be entitled in connection with his general election 24 campaign, should he be nominated in the primary.

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PAYMENTS FROM THE FUND

SEC. 8. (a) Upon application made by a qualified candi

3 date, the Board shall transfer to the bank account designated 4 by the candidate, the amount to which he is entitled from the 5 fund for payment of his campaign expenses. The amount to 6 which a candidate is entitled shall be transferred in approxi7 mately equal installments paid not less frequently than 8 monthly during the period beginning on the date the candi9 date is notified of his eligibility and ending on the date of 10 the election. Amounts determined under section 10 (d) shall 11 be transferred not later than thirty days after the date of 12 the appropriate election.

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(b) The Board may, upon demonstration of reasonable

14 need by the candidate under procedures prescribed by the 15 Board, make transfers to the candidate from the fund in 16 uneven amounts as requested by the candidate.

17 (c) Prior to receipt of the second, and any subsequent 18 transfers from the fund to the candidate's account under sec19 tion 8 (a), the candidate shall furnish the Board with a re20 port of all contributions received, all amounts made available 21 from the candidate's personal resources to the campaign, and 22 all expenditures made since the last report. The report shall 23 include the same information regarding each such expendi24 ture, contribution, and amount made available from the per