Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 497.2
Strict liability offences — summary conviction 497.2 (1) Every person is guilty of an offence who (a) being an electoral district association of a registered party, contravenes section 447 (financial activity while unregistered); (a.1) being an electoral district association of a registered party, contravenes subsection 449.1(1) (incurring certain partisan advertising expenses or, during a pre-election period, transmitting certain partisan advertising messages); (a.2) being a registered association, contravenes section 449.2 (failure to indicate authority for partisan advertising); (b) being an electoral district association of a registered party, contravenes subsection 450(1) (incurring election expenses); (c) being a registered association, contravenes section 451 (failure to provide statement of assets and liabilities or related documents); (d) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes section 452 (making erroneous declaration); (e) being a registered association, contravenes subsection 456(2) (failure to comply with requirements re: appointment of electoral district agent); (f) being a registered association, contravenes section 459, 460 or 461 (failure to comply with requirements re: appointment of financial agent or auditor); (g) being a registered association, contravenes subsection 463(1) (failure to report changes to registered association information); (h) being a registered association, contravenes section 464 (failure to confirm validity of information concerning association); (i) being the financial agent of a deregistered electoral district association, contravenes section 473 (failure to provide financial transactions return for fiscal period or related documents); (j) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes section 475.2 (failure to pay recoverable claim within three years); (k) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes subsection 475.4(1), (2), (3) or (5) (failure to provide financial transactions return or related documents); (l) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes section 475.5 (failure to pay excess contributions); (m) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes paragraph 475.7(b) (providing document that is substantially incomplete); (n) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes subsection 475.9(3) (failure to provide corrected or revised document within specified period); or (o) being the financial agent or the chief executive officer of a registered association, contravenes subsection 475.92(3) (failure to provide corrected or revised document within 30-day period or any extension of that period). Offences requiring intent — summary conviction (2) Every person is guilty of an offence who (a) being a person or entity other than an electoral district agent of a registered association, knowingly contravenes subsection 475(1) or (2) (paying or incurring registered association’s expenses while ineligible); (b) being a person or entity other than an electoral district agent of a registered association, knowingly contravenes subsection 475(3) (accepting contributions while ineligible); or (c) being a person or entity other than the financial agent of a registered association, knowingly contravenes subsection 475(4) (while ineligible, accepting provision of goods or services or transfer of funds or providing goods or services or transferring funds). Offences requiring intent — dual procedure (3) Every person is guilty of an offence who (a) being an electoral district association, knowingly contravenes section 447 (financial activity while unregistered); (a.1) being an electoral district association of a registered party, knowingly contravenes subsection 449.1(1) (incurring certain partisan advertising expenses or, during a pre-election period, transmitting certain partisan advertising messages); (b) being an electoral district association of a registered part