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Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.7
Prohibition — false, misleading or incomplete document 475.7 No financial agent of a registered association shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with a document referred to in paragraph 475.4(1)(a) that (a) the financial agent knows or ought reasonably to know contains a material statement that is false or misleading; or (b) does not substantially set out the information required under subsection 475.4(2) or, in the case of a statement of unpaid claims referred to in subparagraph 475.4(2)(d)(ii), does not substantially set out information required under subsection 475.4(6) or (7). 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.8
Certificate — audit expenses 475.8 (1) On receipt of the documents referred to in subsection 475.4(1) and a copy of the auditor’s invoice, the Chief Electoral Officer shall provide the Receiver General with a certificate that sets out the amount, up to a maximum of $1,500, of the expenses incurred for the audit made under subsection 475.6(1). Payment (2) On receipt of the certificate, the Receiver General shall pay the amount set out in it to the auditor out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Inflation adjustment factor (3) The $1,500 amount set out in subsection (1) shall be multiplied by the inflation adjustment factor referred to in section 384 that is in effect on the last day of the registered association’s fiscal period to which the auditor’s report relates. 2014, c. 12, s. 86 2018, c. 31, s. 275
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.9
Minor corrections — Chief Electoral Officer 475.9 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer may correct a document referred to in subsection 475.4(1) if the correction does not materially affect its substance. Corrections or revisions at request of Chief Electoral Officer (2) The Chief Electoral Officer may in writing request a registered association’s financial agent to correct or revise, within a specified period, a document referred to in subsection 475.4(1). Deadline for corrections or revision (3) If the Chief Electoral Officer requests the correction or revision, the registered association’s financial agent shall provide him or her with the corrected or revised version of the document within the specified period. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.91
Extensions — Chief Electoral Officer 475.91 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer, on the written application of a registered association’s financial agent or, if the financial agent is absent or unable to perform their duties, its chief executive officer, shall authorize the extension of a period referred to in subsection 475.4(5) unless he or she is satisfied that the financial agent’s failure to provide the required documents was deliberate or was the result of their failure to exercise due diligence. Deadline (2) The application may be made within the period referred to in subsection 475.4(5) or within two weeks after the end of that period. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.92
Corrections or revisions — Chief Electoral Officer 475.92 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer, on the written application of a registered association’s financial agent or, if the financial agent is absent or unable to perform their duties, its chief executive officer, shall authorize the correction or revision of a document referred to in subsection 475.4(1) if he or she is satisfied by the evidence submitted by the applicant that the correction or revision is necessary in order for the requirements of this Act to be complied with. Application made without delay (2) The application shall be made immediately after the applicant becomes aware of the need for correction or revision. Deadline for corrections or revisions (3) The applicant shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the corrected or revised version of the document within 30 days after the day on which the correction or revision is authorized or within any extension of that period authorized under subsection (4) or (5). New deadline (4) The Chief Electoral Officer, on the written application of the applicant made within two weeks after the end of the 30-day period referred to in subsection (3), shall authorize the extension of that period, unless he or she is satisfied that the applicant’s failure to provide the corrected or revised version of the document was deliberate or was the result of their failure to exercise due diligence. Extension of new deadline (5) The Chief Electoral Officer, on the written application of the applicant made within two weeks after the end of an extension authorized under subsection (4) or under this subsection, shall authorize the further extension of that period, unless he or she is satisfied that the applicant’s failure to provide the corrected or revised version of the document was deliberate or was the result of their failure to exercise due diligence. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.93
Extensions, corrections or revisions — judge 475.93 (1) The financial agent of a registered association or, if the financial agent is absent or unable to perform their duties, its chief executive officer, may apply to a judge for an order (a) relieving the financial agent from the obligation to comply with a request referred to in subsection 475.9(2); (b) authorizing an extension referred to in subsection 475.91(1); or (c) authorizing a correction or revision referred to in subsection 475.92(1). The applicant shall notify the Chief Electoral Officer that the application has been made. Deadline (2) The application may be made (a) under paragraph (1)(a), within the specified period referred to in subsection 475.9(2) or within the two weeks after the end of that period; (b) under paragraph (1)(b), within two weeks after, as the case may be, (i) if an application for an extension is not made to the Chief Electoral Officer within the period referred to in subsection 475.91(2), the end of the two-week period referred to in that subsection, (ii) the rejection of an application for an extension made in accordance with section 475.91, or (iii) the end of the extended period referred to in subsection 475.91(1); or (c) under paragraph (1)(c), within two weeks after the rejection of an application for a correction or revision made in accordance with section 475.92. Grounds — relief from compliance (3) The judge shall grant an order relieving the financial agent from the obligation to comply with a request referred to in subsection 475.9(2) if the judge is satisfied by the evidence submitted by the applicant that the correction or revision is not necessary in order for the requirements of this Act to be complied with. Grounds — extension (4) The judge shall grant an order authorizing an extension unless the judge is satisfied that the financial agent’s failure to provide the required documents was deliberate or was the result of the financial agent’s failure to exercise due diligence. Grounds — correction or revision (5) The judge shall grant an order authorizing a correction or revision if the judge is satisfied by the evidence submitted by the applicant that the correction or revision is necessary in order for the requirements of this Act to be complied with. Contents of order (6) An order under subsection (1) may require that the applicant satisfy any condition that the judge considers necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476
Definition of selection date 476 In this Division, selection date means the date on which a nomination contest is decided. ( date de désignation ) 2000, c. 9, s. 476; 2003, c. 19, s. 56; 2014, c. 12, s. 86 2018, c. 31, s. 277
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.1
Notice of nomination contest 476.1 (1) When a nomination contest is held, the registered party, or the registered association if the contest was held by the registered association, shall, within 30 days after the selection date, file with the Chief Electoral Officer a report setting out (a) the name of the electoral district, the registered association and the registered party that the nomination contest concerns; (b) the date on which the nomination contest began and the selection date; (c) the name and address of each nomination contestant as of the selection date and of their financial agent; and (d) the name of the person selected in the nomination contest. Notice (2) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, in the manner that he or she considers appropriate, communicate to each nomination contestant the information related to that contestant that was reported under subsection (1). Publication (3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, in the manner that he or she considers appropriate, publish a notice containing the information referred to in subsection (1). 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.2
Deeming 476.2 For the purposes of Division 1 of this Part and this Division, a nomination contestant is deemed to have been a nomination contestant from the time they accept a contribution, incur a nomination campaign expense or borrow money under section 373. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.3
Duty to appoint financial agent 476.3 A nomination contestant shall appoint a financial agent before accepting a contribution or incurring a nomination campaign expense. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.4
Financial agent — ineligibility 476.4 (1) The following persons are ineligible to be the financial agent of a nomination contestant: (a) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer; (b) a candidate or a nomination contestant; (c) an auditor appointed as required by this Act; (d) a person who is not an elector; (e) an undischarged bankrupt; and (f) a person who does not have full capacity to enter into contracts in the province in which the person ordinarily resides. If partnership appointed as auditor (2) A person may be appointed as financial agent for a nomination contestant even if the person is a member of a partnership that has been appointed as an auditor, in accordance with this Act, for the registered party. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.5
Consent 476.5 A nomination contestant shall obtain from the financial agent, on appointment, their signed consent to act in that capacity. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.6
Replacement of financial agent 476.6 In the event of the death, incapacity, resignation or ineligibility of the financial agent, or the revocation of the appointment of one, the nomination contestant shall without delay appoint a replacement. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.61
Only one financial agent 476.61 A nomination contestant shall have no more than one financial agent at a time. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.62
Prohibition — financial agents 476.62 No person who is ineligible to be a financial agent of a nomination contestant shall act in that capacity. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.63
Changes in reported information 476.63 (1) Within 30 days after a change in the information referred to in paragraph 476.1(1)(c) in respect of a nomination contestant, the nomination contestant shall report the change in writing to the Chief Electoral Officer. New financial agent (2) If the report involves the replacement of the nomination contestant’s financial agent, it shall include a copy of the signed consent referred to in section 476.5. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.64
Duty of financial agent 476.64 A nomination contestant’s financial agent is responsible for administering the contestant’s financial transactions for their nomination campaign and for reporting on those transactions in accordance with this Act. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.65
Bank account 476.65 (1) A nomination contestant’s financial agent shall open, for the sole purpose of the contestant’s nomination campaign, a separate bank account in a Canadian financial institution as defined in section 2 of the Bank Act , or in an authorized foreign bank as defined in that section that is not subject to the restrictions and requirements referred to in subsection 524(2) of that Act. Account holder name (2) The account shall name the account holder as follows: “( name of financial agent ), financial agent”. Deposits into account (3) All of a nomination contestant’s financial transactions in relation to the contestant’s nomination campaign that involve the receipt of money are to be deposited to the account unless the transaction involves the receipt of the contestant’s own funds and those funds are used to pay a litigation expense or a personal expense. Payments from account (3.1) All of a nomination contestant’s financial transactions in relation to the contestant’s nomination campaign that involve the payment of money are to be paid from the account unless the transaction involves the payment out of the contestant’s own funds of a litigation expense or a personal expense. Closure of bank account (4) After the selection date or the withdrawal or death of the nomination contestant, the contestant’s financial agent shall close the account once all unpaid claims and surplus nomination campaign funds have been dealt with in accordance with this Act. Final statement of bank account (5) The financial agent shall, on closing the account, provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the final statement of the account. 2014, c. 12, s. 86 2018, c. 31, s. 278
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.66
Prohibition — accepting contributions, borrowing 476.66 (1) No person or entity, other than the financial agent of a nomination contestant, shall accept contributions to the contestant’s nomination campaign or borrow money on the contestant’s behalf under section 373. Prohibition — accepting goods, services or funds or transferring funds (2) No person or entity, other than the financial agent of a nomination contestant, shall, on the contestant’s behalf, (a) accept a provision of goods or services, or a transfer of funds, if the provision or transfer is permitted under section 364; or (b) transfer funds, if the transfer is permitted under that section. Prohibition — accepting certain transfers of funds (3) No financial agent of a nomination contestant shall, on the contestant’s behalf, accept a transfer of funds from a registered party or registered association. Prohibition — paying nomination campaign expenses (4) No person or entity, other than a nomination contestant’s financial agent, shall pay the contestant’s nomination campaign expenses except for (a) a litigation expense; (b) travel and living expenses; (c) a personal expense; or (d) a petty expense referred to in section 381. Prohibition — incurring nomination campaign expenses (5) Subject to section 348.02, no person or entity, other than the nomination contestant or their financial agent, shall incur the contestant’s nomination campaign expenses. Prohibition — paying contestant’s personal expenses, etc. (6) No person or entity, other than the nomination contestant or their financial agent, shall pay the contestant’s expenses referred to in any of paragraphs 4(a) to (c). 2014, c. 12, ss. 86, 155 2018, c. 31, s. 279
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.67
Limits on nomination contest expenses 476.67 The limit for nomination contest expenses that is allowed for a nomination contestant in an electoral district is the amount (a) that is 20% of the election expenses limit that was calculated under subsection 477.49(1) for that electoral district during the immediately preceding general election, if the boundaries for the electoral district have not changed since then; or (b) that the Chief Electoral Officer determines, in any other case. 2014, c. 12, s. 86; 2018, c. 20, s. 4 2018, c. 31, s. 280
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.68
Prohibition — expenses more than maximum 476.68 (1) No nomination contestant and no financial agent of a nomination contestant shall incur total nomination contest expenses in an amount that is more than the limit allowed for that electoral district under section 476.67. Prohibition — collusion (2) No person or entity shall (a) circumvent, or attempt to circumvent, the limit referred to in section 476.67; or (b) act in collusion with another person or entity for that purpose. 2014, c. 12, s. 86; 2018, c. 20, s. 5
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.69
Claim for payment 476.69 A person who has a claim to be paid for a nomination campaign expense shall send the invoice or other document evidencing the claim to the nomination contestant’s financial agent or, if there is no financial agent, to the nomination contestant. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.7
Payment within three years 476.7 (1) If a claim for a nomination campaign expense is evidenced by an invoice or other document that has been sent under section 476.69, or if a claim for repayment of a loan is made to the nomination contestant under section 373, the claim shall be paid within three years after the selection date or, in the case referred to in subsection 476.75(16), the polling day. Prohibition — payment without authorization (2) No nomination candidate and no financial agent of a nomination contestant shall pay a claim referred to in subsection (1) after the end of the three-year period referred to in that subsection unless authorized to do so under section 476.72 or 476.73, or ordered to do so as a result of proceedings commenced under section 476.74. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.71
Unenforceable contracts 476.71 A contract in relation to a nomination campaign is not enforceable against the nomination contestant unless it was entered into by the contestant personally or by the contestant’s financial agent. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.72
Irregular claims or payments — Chief Electoral Officer 476.72 (1) On the written application of a person who has a claim to be paid for a nomination campaign expense in relation to a nomination contestant or to be paid for a loan made to the contestant under section 373, or on the written application of the contestant’s financial agent or the contestant, the Chief Electoral Officer may, on being satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for so doing, in writing authorize the contestant’s financial agent to pay the amount claimed if the payment of the expense or the repayment of the loan was not made within the three-year period referred to in subsection 476.7(1). Conditions (2) The Chief Electoral Officer may impose any term or condition that he or she considers appropriate on a payment authorized under subsection (1). 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.73
Irregular claims or payments — judge 476.73 On the application of a person who has a claim to be paid for a nomination campaign expense in relation to a nomination contestant or to be paid for a loan made to the contestant under section 373, or on the application of the contestant’s financial agent or the contestant, a judge may, on being satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for so doing, by order authorize the contestant’s financial agent to pay the amount claimed if (a) the applicant establishes that an authorization under subsection 476.72(1) has been refused and that the payment has not been made within the three-year period referred to in subsection 476.7(1); or (b) the amount claimed has not been paid in accordance with an authorization obtained under subsection 476.72(1) and the applicant establishes their inability to comply with the authorization for reasons beyond their control. The applicant shall notify the Chief Electoral Officer that the application has been made. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.74
Proceedings to recover payment 476.74 A person who has sent an invoice or other document evidencing a claim under section 476.69, or has a claim for repayment of a loan made to a nomination contestant under section 373, may commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover any unpaid amount (a) at any time, if the nomination contestant or their financial agent refuses to pay that amount or disputes that it is payable; or (b) after the end of the three-year period referred to in subsection 476.7(1) or any extension of that period authorized under subsection 476.72(1) or section 476.73, in any other case. The nomination contestant shall notify the Chief Electoral Officer that the proceedings have been commenced. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.75
) and (12), the nomination contestant’s financial agent shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with documents evidenc­ing the matters referred to in paragraphs (11)(a) to (f), including, if paragraph (11)(d) applies, a copy of the repayment schedule. Additional supporting documents (14) If the Chief Electoral Officer is of the opinion that the documents provided under subsection (13) are not sufficient, he or she may require the financial agent to provide by a specified date any additional documents that are necessary for the financial agent to comply with that subsection. Irregular claims and payments (15) The nomination contestant’s financial agent shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with a report in the prescribed form on the payment of a claim that was subject to an authorization to pay under section 476.72 or 476.73 or to an order to pay resulting from proceedings commenced under section 476.74. The financial agent shall provide the report within 30 days after the day on which the payment is made and shall include in it information indicating the source of the funds used to pay the claim. Selection date (16) In applying subsections (7), (8), (11) and (12), if the selection date of a nomination contest falls within an election period for that electoral district or the 30 days before it, then a reference to “selection date” is to be read as a reference to “polling day”. 2014, c. 12, s. 86; 2018, c. 20, s. 6 2018, c. 31, ss. 282, 399
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.76
When contributions forwarded to Receiver General 476.76 If the name of the contributor of a contribution of more than $20 to a nomination contestant, or the name or address of a contributor who has made contributions of a total amount of more than $200 to a nomination contestant, is not known, the nomination contestant’s financial agent shall, without delay, pay an amount of money equal to the value of the contribution to the Chief Electoral Officer, who shall forward it to the Receiver General. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 476.77
Appointment of auditor 476.77 (1) A nomination contestant who has accepted contributions of $10,000 or more in total or incurred nomination campaign expenses of $10,000 or more in total shall appoint an auditor without delay. Auditor — eligibility (2) Only the following are eligible to be an auditor for a nomination contestant: (a) a person who is a member in good standing of a corporation, association or institute of professional accountants; or (b) a partnership in which every partner is a member in good standing of a corporation, association or institute of professional accountants. Auditor — ineligibility (3) The following persons are ineligible to be an auditor: (a) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer; (b) a chief agent of a registered party or an eligible party, or a registered agent of a registered party; (c) a candidate or their official agent; (d) an electoral district agent of a registered association; (e) a leadership contestant or their leadership campaign agent; (f) a nomination contestant or their financial agent; and (g) a financial agent of a registered third party. Notification of appointment (4) Every nomination contestant, without delay after an auditor is appointed, shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the auditor’s name, address, telephone number and occupation and their signed consent to act in that capacity. New auditor (5) If a nomination contestant’s auditor is replaced, the contestant shall, without delay, provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the new auditor’s name, address, telephone number and occupation and their signed consent to act in that capacity. 2014, c. 12, s. 86