The circumstances in which a political party is prohibited from receiving financing, including donations, are disclosed.

APA reports that this was reflected in the new draft law "On Political Parties".

According to the draft, a political party is prohibited from being financed by the following, including accepting donations from:

- state bodies (institutions), except for the case provided for in this Law;

- local self-government bodies and their subordinate institutions;

- other legal entities, including public associations and foundations, religious institutions;

- international organizations, foreign states and foreign legal entities;

- foreigners and stateless persons;

- minors, persons whose incapacity or limited capacity for activity has been confirmed by the court;

- natural persons who do not provide their name, surname, patronymic, personal identification number, date of birth, registered address and contact phone number.

The upper limit of membership fees paid by a member to a political party during the year cannot exceed 10,000 manats.

Payments in excess of the membership fee are considered donations.

It is prohibited for a political party to open any type of account (including any type of financial institutions) outside the borders of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The political party accepts funds only in the national currency and by transferring them to a bank account without cash.