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Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 449.1
Prohibition — incurring partisan advertising expenses, etc. 449.1 (1) No electoral district association of a registered party shall (a) incur partisan advertising expenses in relation to partisan advertising messages that promote or oppose a registered party or an eligible party and that are transmitted during a pre-election period; or (b) transmit or cause to be transmitted, during a pre-election period, partisan advertising messages that promote or oppose a registered party or an eligible party. Exception (2) Despite paragraph (1)(a), an electoral district association of a registered party may incur partisan advertising expenses to the extent that the goods or services that the partisan advertising expense is incurred for are (a) provided to that party, if permitted under paragraph 364(2)(b); or (b) sold to that party. Exception (3) Despite subsection (1), an electoral district association of a registered party may (a) incur partisan advertising expenses for the transmission of partisan advertising messages referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to the extent that those messages are intended to be transmitted solely, or substantially solely, within the association’s electoral district; and (b) transmit or cause to be transmitted partisan advertising messages referred to in paragraph (1)(b) to the extent that those messages are transmitted solely, or substantially solely, within the association’s electoral district. 2018, c. 31, s. 271
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 449.2
Message to be authorized 449.2 A registered association that causes partisan advertising to be conducted shall mention in or on the partisan advertising message that its transmission was authorized by one of the association’s electoral district agents. 2018, c. 31, s. 271
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 450
Prohibition — incurring election expenses 450 (1) No electoral district association of a registered party shall incur election expenses. Election expenses — electoral district associations (1.1) For the purposes of subsection (1), (a) election expense has the meaning given to that expression by subsection 376(1), except that the reference to “a registered party or a candidate” is to be read as a reference to “an electoral district association”; and (b) subsections 376(2) to (4) apply, other than paragraph 376(3)(c), except that the reference to “a registered party or a candidate” in subsection 376(4) is to be read as a reference to “an electoral district association”. Exception (1.2) Despite subsection (1), an electoral district association of a registered party may incur an election expense to the extent that the property or service that the cost was incurred for or the non-monetary contribution was received for — or the goods or services that were accepted — are (a) provided to that party, a registered association of that party or a candidate endorsed by that party, if permitted under paragraph 364(2)(b); or (b) sold to that party or a candidate endorsed by that party. Uncancellable transmission (2) In the case of a general election that is not held on a day set in accordance with subsection 56.1(2) or section 56.2, or of a by-election, an electoral district association is deemed not to have incurred an election expense for election advertising if, on the issue of the writ or writs, it is not able to cancel the transmission of the election advertising message that the expense is in relation to. 2000, c. 9, s. 450; 2003, c. 19, s. 43; 2014, c. 12, s. 86 2018, c. 31, s. 271
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 451
Statement of assets and liabilities 451 Within six months after the day on which it becomes a registered association, the association shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with (a) a statement, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, of its assets and liabilities, including any surplus or deficit, as of the day before the effective date of the registration; and (b) a declaration in the prescribed form by its financial agent that the statement is complete and accurate. 2000, c. 9, s. 451; 2003, c. 19, s. 44; 2006, c. 9, s. 52; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 452
Prohibition — declaration concerning statement 452 No financial agent of a registered association shall make a declaration referred to in paragraph 451(b) if the agent knows or ought reasonably to know that the statement referred to in paragraph 451(a) is not complete and accurate. 2000, c. 9, s. 452; 2003, c. 19, s. 45; 2006, c. 9, s. 53; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 453
Annual fiscal period 453 The fiscal period of a registered association is the calendar year. 2000, c. 9, s. 453; 2003, c. 19, s. 46; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 454
Adjustment of fiscal period 454 Without delay after becoming registered, a registered association shall, if necessary, adjust its fiscal period so that it ends at the end of the calendar year. The adjusted fiscal period shall not be less than six months or more than 18 months. 2000, c. 9, s. 454; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 455
Registry of electoral district associations 455 The Chief Electoral Officer shall maintain a registry of electoral district associations that contains the information referred to in subsections 448(1), 456(2) and 471(2). 2000, c. 9, s. 455; 2004, c. 24, s. 19; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 456
Appointments 456 (1) A registered association may appoint, as electoral district agents, persons who are authorized by the association to accept contributions and to incur and pay expenses on behalf of the association. The appointment is subject to any terms and conditions that it specifies. Report of appointment (2) Within 30 days after the day on which an electoral district agent is appointed, the registered association shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with a written report, certified by its financial agent, that includes the electoral district 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 electoral district associations. 2000, c. 9, s. 456; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 457
Agents — corporations 457 (1) A corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province is eligible to be the financial agent or an electoral district agent of a registered association. Agents — ineligible persons (2) The following persons are ineligible to be a financial agent or an electoral district agent: (a) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer; (b) a candidate; (c) an auditor appointed as required by this Act; (d) subject to subsection (1), 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 member of partnership appointed as agent (3) A person may be appointed as agent for a registered association 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. 2000, c. 9, s. 457; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 458
Auditor — eligibility 458 (1) Only the following are eligible to be an auditor for a registered association: (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) a candidate or their official agent; (c) a chief agent of a registered party or an eligible party; (d) a registered agent of a registered party; (e) an electoral district agent of a registered association; (f) a nomination contestant or their financial agent; (g) a leadership contestant or their leadership campaign agent; and (h) a financial agent of a registered third party. 2000, c. 9, s. 458; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 459
Consent 459 A registered association shall obtain from its financial agent and auditor, on appointment, their signed consent to act in that capacity. 2000, c. 9, s. 459; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 460
Replacement of financial agent or auditor 460 In the event of the death, incapacity, resignation or ineligibility of its financial agent or auditor, or the revocation of the appointment of one, a registered association shall without delay appoint a replacement. 2000, c. 9, s. 460; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 461
Only one financial agent and auditor 461 A registered association shall have no more than one financial agent and one auditor at a time. 2000, c. 9, s. 461; 2003, c. 19, s. 47; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 462
Prohibition — agents 462 (1) No person who is ineligible to be a financial agent or an electoral district agent of a registered association shall act in that capacity. Prohibition — auditor (2) No person who is ineligible to be an auditor of a registered association shall act in that capacity. 2000, c. 9, s. 462; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 463
Changes in information 463 (1) Within 30 days after the day on which there is a change in the information referred to in subsection 448(1) other than paragraph 448(1)(b), a registered association shall report the change to the Chief Electoral Officer in writing. The report shall be certified by the chief executive officer of the association. New financial agent or auditor (2) If the report involves the replacement of the registered association’s financial agent or auditor, it shall include a copy of the signed consent referred to in section 459. Registration of change (3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall enter any change in the information referred to in this section in the registry of electoral district associations. 2000, c. 9, s. 463; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 464
Confirmation of registration yearly 464 On or before May 31 of every year a registered association shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with (a) a statement certified by its chief executive officer confirming the validity of the information concerning the association in the registry of electoral district associations; and (b) if there is a change in that information, the report of the change made under subsection 463(1). 2000, c. 9, s. 464; 2003, c. 19, s. 48; 2014, c. 12, s. 86 2018, c. 31, s. 272
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 465
Deregistration — failure to provide documents 465 The Chief Electoral Officer may deregister a registered association if the association fails to provide (a) any of the documents referred to in section 451; (b) a report under subsection 456(2) concerning the appointment of an electoral district agent; (c) any of the documents referred to in subsection 463(1) or (2) with respect to a replacement of its financial agent or auditor; (d) a report under subsection 463(1) concerning a change in any other registered information; (e) confirmation under section 464 of the validity of the registered information; or (f) a report that is required to be filed under subsection 476.1(1) by the registered association. 2000, c. 9, s. 465; 2003, c. 19, s. 49; 2014, c. 12, ss. 85, 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 466
Deregistration — failure to file return 466 The Chief Electoral Officer may deregister a registered association if its financial agent fails to provide him or her with a document for a fiscal period in accordance with subsection 475.4(1). 2000, c. 9, s. 466; 2003, c. 19, s. 50; 2007, c. 21, s. 35; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 467
Voluntary deregistration 467 (1) On application by a registered association to become deregistered, signed by its chief executive officer and its financial agent, the Chief Electoral Officer may deregister the association. Deregistration at request of party (2) On application by a registered party, signed by its leader and two of its officers, to deregister one of its registered associations, the Chief Electoral Officer shall deregister the association. Exception (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply during an election period in the electoral district of the registered association. 2000, c. 9, s. 467; 2001, c. 21, s. 23(F); 2003, c. 19, s. 50; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 468
Procedure for non-voluntary deregistration 468 (1) If the Chief Electoral Officer believes on reasonable grounds that a registered association or its financial agent has omitted to perform any obligation referred to in section 465 or 466, the Chief Electoral Officer shall, in writing, notify the association’s chief executive officer and its financial agent that the association or financial agent must (a) rectify the omission by the discharge of that obligation within 30 days after receipt of the notice; or (b) satisfy the Chief Electoral Officer that the omission was not the result of negligence or a lack of good faith. Extension or exemption (2) If paragraph (1)(b) applies, the Chief Electoral Officer may amend the notice by (a) exempting, in whole or in part, the recipients of the notice from complying with the obligations referred to in section 465 or 466; or (b) specifying a period for compliance with the obligations referred to in paragraph (1)(a). Copy of notice (3) A copy of any notice or amendment under subsection (1) or (2) shall be sent to the leader and the chief agent of the registered party with which the registered association is affiliated. Deregistration (4) The Chief Electoral Officer may deregister a registered association if the association or its financial agent fails to comply with a notice referred to in subsection (1) or with a notice amended under subsection (2). 2000, c. 9, s. 468; 2003, c. 19, s. 51; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 469
Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act 469 (1) If the boundaries of an electoral district are revised as a result of a representation order made under section 25 of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act , a registered association for the electoral district may, before the day on which the representation order comes into force under subsection 25(1) of that Act, file with the Chief Electoral Officer a notice that it will be continued as the registered association for a particular electoral district described in the representation order. The notice shall be accompanied by a consent signed by the leader of the registered party with which it is affiliated. Effect of continuation (2) If a notice has been filed under subsection (1), on the day on which the representation order comes into force, the registered association is continued as the registered association for the electoral district specified in the notice and assumes all the rights and obligations of the association for the former electoral district. Deregistration (3) Any registered association in an electoral district whose boundaries are revised as a result of a representation order made under section 25 of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act that does not give a notice under subsection (1) is deregistered on the day on which the representation order comes into force under subsection 25(1) of that Act and, despite paragraph 447(c), may provide goods or transfer funds to the registered party with which it is affiliated or to any of its registered associations in the six months after that day. Any such transfer is not a contribution for the purposes of this Act. Registration (4) As soon as a proclamation is issued under section 25 of the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act relating to a representation order, an application may be made under section 448 for the registration of an electoral district association for an electoral district that is created by — or whose boundaries are revised as a result of — the order. The electoral district association may be registered at any time on or after the day on which the application is made. Applicant deemed to be electoral district association (5) The applicant in an application referred to in subsection (4) is deemed to be an electoral district association as of the date on which the application is received by the Chief Electoral Officer. 2000, c. 9, s. 469; 2003, c. 19, s. 52; 2014, c. 12, s. 86 2018, c. 31, s. 273
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 470
Notice of deregistration 470 (1) If the Chief Electoral Officer proposes to deregister a registered association under section 467 or subsection 468(4), he or she shall, in writing, so notify the association and the registered party with which it is affiliated. Date of deregistration (2) The notice shall specify the effective date of the deregistration, which shall be at least 15 days after the day on which the notice is sent. Proof of service (3) The notice shall be sent by registered mail or by a method of courier service that provides proof of mailing, a record while in transit and a record of delivery. 2000, c. 9, s. 470; 2003, c. 19, s. 53; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 471
Publication 471 (1) If a registered association is deregistered for any reason other than the deregistration of the registered party with which it is affiliated, the Chief Electoral Officer shall without delay cause a notice of deregistration to be published in the Canada Gazette . Entry of deregistration in registry of electoral district associations (2) The Chief Electoral Officer shall indicate any deregistration of a registered association in the registry of electoral district associations. 2000, c. 9, s. 471; 2003, c. 19, s. 54; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 472
Effect of deregistration 472 An electoral district association that is deregistered continues to have the obligations of a registered association for the purpose of section 473. 2000, c. 9, s. 472; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 473
Fiscal period and returns 473 The financial agent of a deregistered electoral district association shall, within six months after the day of its deregistration, provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the documents referred to in subsection 475.4(1) for (a) the portion of its current fiscal period ending on the day of its deregistration; and (b) any earlier fiscal period for which those documents have not already been provided under that subsection. 2000, c. 9, s. 473; 2003, c. 19, s. 55; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 474
Duty of financial agent 474 The financial agent of a registered association is responsible for administering its financial transactions and for reporting on them in accordance with this Act. 2000, c. 9, s. 474; 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475
Prohibition — paying expenses 475 (1) No person or entity, other than an electoral district agent of a registered association, shall pay the registered association’s expenses. Prohibition — incurring expenses (2) Subject to section 348.02, no person or entity, other than an electoral district agent of a registered association, shall incur the registered association’s expenses. Prohibition — accepting contributions, borrowing (3) No person or entity, other than an electoral district agent of a registered association, shall accept contributions to the registered association or borrow money on its behalf. Prohibition — accepting or providing goods, services or funds (4) No person or entity, other than the financial agent of a registered association, shall, on behalf of the registered association, (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) provide goods or services, or transfer funds, if the provision or transfer is permitted under that section. 2000, c. 9, s. 475; 2014, c. 12, ss. 86, 155
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.1
Claim for payment 475.1 A person who has a claim to be paid for a debt of a registered association shall send the invoice or other document evidencing the claim to the registered association or one of its electoral district agents. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.2
Payment within three years 475.2 If a claim for an expense is evidenced by an invoice or other document that has been sent under section 475.1, the claim shall be paid within three years after the day on which payment of it is due. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.3
Proceedings to recover payment 475.3 A person who has sent an invoice or other document evidencing a claim under section 475.1 may commence proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover any unpaid amount (a) at any time, if the electoral district agent refuses to pay that amount or disputes that it is payable; or (b) after the end of the period referred to in section 475.2, in any other case. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.4
y on which it was due and each claim that remains unpaid 36 months after the day on which it was due. Unpaid claims — 18 months or more (7) The statement shall include the following information concerning claims referred to in paragraph (6)(b): (a) whether any part of the unpaid amount is disputed and, if so, what steps the parties have taken to resolve the dispute; (b) whether the claim is the subject of proceedings under section 475.3; (c) whether the unpaid amount of a loan is the subject of proceedings to secure its payment, or of a dispute as to the amount that was to be paid or the amount that remains unpaid; (d) whether the parties have agreed on a repayment schedule and, if so, whether repayments are being made according to the schedule; (e) whether the unpaid amount has been written off by the creditor as an uncollectable debt in accordance with the creditor’s normal accounting practices; and (f) any other relevant information that could help explain why the amount is unpaid. 2014, c. 12, s. 86
Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 475.5
When contributions forwarded to Receiver General 475.5 If the name of the contributor of a contribution of more than $20 to a registered association, or the name or address of a contributor who has made contributions of a total amount of more than $200 to a registered association, is not known, the registered association’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-2.01 475.6
Auditor’s report 475.6 (1) The auditor of a registered association that has, in a fiscal period, accepted contributions of $10,000 or more in total or incurred expenses of $10,000 or more in total shall report to the association’s financial agent on the association’s financial transactions return and shall, in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, make any examination that will enable the auditor to give an opinion in the report as to whether the return presents fairly the information contained in the financial records on which it is based. Statement (2) The auditor shall include in the report any statement that the auditor considers necessary if (a) the financial transactions return that is the subject of the report does not present fairly and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles the information contained in the financial records on which it is based; (b) the auditor has not received all of the information and explanations that the auditor required; or (c) based on the examination, it appears that the registered association has not kept proper financial records. Right of access (3) The auditor shall have access at any reasonable time to all of the association’s documents, and may require the association’s electoral district agents to provide any information or explanation that, in the auditor’s opinion, may be necessary to enable the auditor to prepare the report. 2014, c. 12, s. 86 2018, c. 31, s. 274