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Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 477.93
Extensions, corrections or revisions — judge 477.93 (1) A candidate may apply to a judge for an order (a) authorizing an extension referred to in subsection 477.91(1); or (b) authorizing a correction or revision referred to in subsection 477.92(1). The candidate 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 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 477.91(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 477.91, or (iii) the end of the extended period referred to in subsection 477.91(1); or (b) under paragraph (1)(b), within two weeks after the rejection of an application for a correction or revision made in accordance with section 477.92. Grounds — extension (3) The judge shall grant an order authorizing an extension unless the judge is satisfied that the candidate’s failure to provide the required statement was deliberate or was the result of their failure to exercise due diligence. Grounds — corrections or revisions (4) The judge shall grant an order authorizing a correction or revision if the judge is satisfied by the evidence submitted by the candidate that the correction or revision is necessary in order for the requirements of this subdivision to be complied with. Contents of order (5) An order under subsection (1) may require that the candidate 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-2.01 477.94
Chief Electoral Officer to retain statements 477.94 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall retain in its possession the statements referred to in subsection 477.9(3) for at least one year after the return of the writ for the election. Information to be kept confidential (2) The Chief Electoral Officer shall keep the statements provided under subsection 477.9(3) confidential. Exception (3) Subsection (2) does not prohibit the Commissioner from inspecting the statements referred to in that subsection, and any of those statements may be provided to the Director of Public Prosecutions and produced by the Director for the purpose of a prosecution for an offence under this Act. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 477.95
Prohibition — false, misleading or incomplete statement 477.95 No candidate shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with a statement referred to in subsection 477.9(3) that (a) the candidate 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 that subsection. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.1
Notice of leadership contest 478.1 (1) If a registered party proposes to hold a leadership contest, the party’s chief agent shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer a statement setting out the dates on which the leadership contest is to begin and end. Variation and cancellation (2) A registered party that proposes to vary the leadership contest period or to cancel a leadership contest shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer a statement setting out, as the case may be, the amended beginning date or ending date or the fact of its cancellation. 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 subsections (1) and (2). 2003, c. 19, s. 57; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.2
Duty to register 478.2 (1) Every person who accepts contributions for, or incurs leadership campaign expenses in relation to, their campaign for the leadership of a registered party shall apply to the Chief Electoral Officer for registration as a leadership contestant. Deeming (2) For the purposes of Division 1 of this Part and this Division, a leadership contestant is deemed to have been a leadership contestant from the time they accept a contribution, incur a leadership campaign expense or borrow money under section 373. 2003, c. 19, s. 57; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.3
Contents of application 478.3 (1) An application for registration as a leadership contestant shall include the following: (a) the name of the leadership contestant; (b) the address of the place where the records of the leadership contestant are maintained and to which communications may be addressed; (c) the name and address of the leadership contestant’s auditor; and (d) the name and address of the leadership contestant’s financial agent. Accompanying documents (2) The application shall be accompanied by the following: (a) the signed consent of the financial agent to act in that capacity; (b) the signed consent of the auditor to act in that capacity; (c) a declaration signed by the chief agent of the registered party holding the leadership contest certifying that the party accepts the applicant as a leadership contestant; and (d) a statement containing the information referred to in paragraphs 478.8(2)(d) to (g) with respect to contributions received and loans incurred before the first day of the leadership contest. Examination of application (3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall register a leadership contestant who meets the requirements set out in subsections (1) and (2). In the case of a refusal to register, the Chief Electoral Officer shall indicate which of those requirements have not been met. 2003, c. 19, s. 57; 2004, c. 24, s. 20; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.4
Registry 478.4 The Chief Electoral Officer shall maintain a registry of leadership contestants that contains the information referred to in subsection 478.3(1). 2003, c. 19, s. 57; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.5
Appointments 478.5 (1) A leadership contestant may appoint leadership campaign agents authorized to accept contributions and to incur and pay leadership campaign expenses for the contestant. The appointment is subject to any terms and conditions that it specifies. Report of appointment (2) Within 30 days after the appointment of a leadership campaign agent, the leadership contestant shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with a written report, certified by the contestant’s financial agent, that includes the leadership campaign agent’s name and address and any terms and conditions to which the appointment is subject. The Chief Electoral Officer shall register that information in the registry of leadership contestants. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.6
Agents — ineligibility 478.6 The following persons are ineligible to be the financial agent or a leadership campaign agent of a leadership contestant: (a) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer; (b) a leadership 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. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.61
Auditor — eligibility 478.61 (1) Only the following are eligible to be an auditor for a leadership contestant: (a) a person who is a member in good standing of a corporation, association or institute of professional accountants; or (b) a partnership of which every partner is a member in good standing of a corporation, association or institute of professional accountants. Auditor — ineligibility (2) The following persons are ineligible to be an auditor: (a) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer; (b) the 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. If partnership appointed as auditor (3) A person may be appointed as agent for a leadership 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 2018, c. 31, s. 310(F)
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.62
Consent 478.62 A leadership contestant shall obtain from the financial agent or auditor, on appointment, their signed consent to act in that capacity. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.63
Replacement of financial agent or auditor 478.63 In the event of the death, incapacity, resignation or ineligibility of the financial agent or auditor, or the revocation of the appointment of one, the leadership contestant shall without delay appoint a replacement. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.64
Only one financial agent and auditor 478.64 A leadership contestant shall have no more than one financial agent and one auditor at a time. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.65
Prohibition — agents 478.65 (1) No person who is ineligible to be a financial agent or a leadership campaign agent of a leadership contestant shall act in that capacity. Prohibition — auditor (2) No person who is ineligible to be an auditor of a leadership contestant shall act in that capacity. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.66
Changes in registered information 478.66 (1) Within 30 days after a change in the information referred to in subsection 478.3(1) in respect of a leadership contestant, the leadership contestant shall report the change in writing to the Chief Electoral Officer. New auditor or financial agent (2) If the report involves the replacement of the leadership contestant’s auditor or financial agent, it shall include a copy of the signed consent referred to in section 478.62. Registration of change (3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall enter any change in the information referred to in this section in the registry of leadership contestants. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.67
Withdrawal of leadership contestant 478.67 A leadership contestant who withdraws from the leadership contest shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer a statement in writing to that effect signed by the contestant and indicating the date of the withdrawal. The Chief Electoral Officer shall indicate the withdrawal in the registry of leadership contestants. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.68
Notice of withdrawal of acceptance 478.68 A registered party that withdraws its acceptance of a leadership contestant shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer a statement in writing to that effect signed by the party’s chief agent and indicating the date of the withdrawal. The Chief Electoral Officer shall register the withdrawal of acceptance in the registry of leadership contestants. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.69
Relieved of obligations 478.69 A leadership contestant who withdraws in accordance with section 478.67 or whose acceptance is withdrawn in accordance with section 478.68 is relieved of the obligation to provide returns under section 478.81 for any period after the withdrawal. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.7
Notification of registered party 478.7 The Chief Electoral Officer shall, on becoming aware that a leadership contestant of a registered party has failed to comply with any requirement under this Division, notify the party accordingly. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.71
Duty of financial agent 478.71 A leadership contestant’s financial agent is responsible for administering the contestant’s financial transactions for their leadership campaign and for reporting on those transactions in accordance with this Act. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.72
Bank account 478.72 (1) A leadership contestant’s financial agent shall open, for the sole purpose of the contestant’s leadership 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 leadership contestant’s financial transactions in relation to the contestant’s leadership 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 leadership contestant’s financial transactions in relation to the contestant’s leadership 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 end of the leadership contest or the withdrawal or death of the leadership contestant, the contestant’s financial agent shall close the account once all unpaid claims and surplus leadership 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. 311
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.73
Prohibition — accepting contributions, borrowing 478.73 (1) No person or entity, other than a leadership campaign agent of a leadership contestant, shall accept contributions to the contestant’s leadership 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 a leadership campaign agent of a leadership 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 365; or (b) transfer funds, if the transfer is permitted under section 364. Prohibition — accepting certain transfers of funds (3) No leadership campaign agent of a leadership contestant shall, on the contestant’s behalf, accept a transfer of funds from a registered party or registered association, except the transfer by a registered party of an amount out of a directed contribution as defined in subsection 365(2). Prohibition — paying leadership campaign expenses (4) No person or entity, other than a leadership campaign agent of a leadership contestant, shall pay the contestant’s leadership 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 leadership campaign expenses (5) No person or entity, other than the leadership contestant or one of their leadership campaign agents, shall incur the contestant’s leadership campaign expenses. Prohibition — paying contestant’s personal expenses, etc. (6) No person or entity, other than the leadership contestant or their financial agent, shall pay the contestant’s expenses referred to in any of paragraphs 4(a) to (c). 2014, c. 12, s. 86 2018, c. 31, s. 312
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.74
Claim for payment 478.74 A person who has a claim to be paid for a leadership campaign expense shall send the invoice or other document evidencing the claim to the leadership contestant’s financial agent or, if there is no financial agent, to the leadership contestant. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.75
Payment within three years 478.75 (1) If a claim for a leadership campaign expense is evidenced by an invoice or other document that has been sent under section 478.74, or if a claim for repayment of a loan is made to the leadership contestant under section 373, the claim shall be paid within three years after the day on which the leadership contest ends. Prohibition — payment without authorization (2) No leadership contestant and no financial agent of a leadership contestant shall pay a claim referred to in subsection (1) after the expiry of the three-year period referred to in that subsection unless authorized to do so under section 478.77 or 478.78, or ordered to do so as a result of proceedings commenced under section 478.79. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.76
Unenforceable contracts 478.76 A contract in relation to a leadership campaign is not enforceable against the leadership contestant unless it was entered into by the contestant personally or by one of the contestant’s leadership campaign agents. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.77
Irregular claims or payments — Chief Electoral Officer 478.77 (1) On the written application of a person who has a claim to be paid for a leadership campaign expense in relation to a leadership 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 478.75(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-2.01 478.78
Irregular claims or payments — judge 478.78 On the application of a person who has a claim to be paid for a leadership campaign expense in relation to a leadership 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 478.77(1) has been refused and that the payment has not been made within the three-year period referred to in subsection 478.75(1); or (b) the amount claimed has not been paid in accordance with an authorization obtained under subsection 478.77(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-2.01 478.79
Proceedings to recover payment 478.79 A person who has sent an invoice or other document evidencing a claim under section 478.74, or has a claim for repayment of a loan made to a leadership contestant under section 373, may commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover any unpaid amount (a) at any time, if the leadership contestant or their financial agent refuses to pay that amount or disputes that it is payable; and (b) after the end of the three-year period referred to in subsection 478.75(1) or any extension of that period authorized under subsection 478.77(1) or section 478.78, in any other case. The leadership contestant shall notify the Chief Electoral Officer that the proceedings have been commenced. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.8
eferred to in paragraphs (11)(a) to (f). Supporting documents (13) Together with the updated versions of the statement of unpaid claims referred to in subsections (11) and (12), the leadership 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 leadership 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 478.77 or 478.78 or an order to pay resulting from proceedings commenced under section 478.79. 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. 2014, c. 12, s. 86; 2018, c. 20, s. 8 2018, c. 31, ss. 313, 399
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.81
Return on contributions 478.81 (1) A leadership contestant’s financial agent shall, for the period beginning on the first day of the leadership contest and ending on the day that is four weeks before the end of the leadership contest, provide the Chief Electoral Officer with a return that includes the information required under paragraphs 478.8(2)(d) to (k) if the leadership contestant has, during that period, accepted contributions of more than $10,000 in total or incurred leadership campaign expenses of more than $10,000 in total. The financial agent shall provide the return within one week after the end of that period. Second return (2) The leadership contestant’s financial agent shall also provide the Chief Electoral Officer with such a return for the period beginning on the first day after the end of the period referred to in subsection (1) and ending on the day that is one week before the end of the leadership contest. The financial agent shall provide the return no later than two days before the end of the leadership contest. Return on contributions (3) The financial agent of a leadership contestant who attains the threshold for contributions or expenses as described in subsection (1) after the period referred to in that subsection shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with a return that includes the information referred to in that subsection for the period beginning on the first day of the leadership contest and ending on the day that is one week before the end of the leadership contest. The financial agent shall provide the return no later than two days before the end of the leadership contest. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 478.82
When contributions forwarded to Receiver General 478.82 If the name of the contributor of a contribution of more than $20 to a leadership contestant, or the name or address of a contributor who has made contributions of a total amount of more than $200 to a leadership contestant, is not known, the leadership 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