Authority to incur campaign expenses
147. (1) The campaign expenses of a registered candidate shall be incurred only under the direction of the registered candidate by persons authorized by the registered candidate. Certificate of authority (2) Every person authorized to incur a campaign expense shall, upon request, show a certificate, in the prescribed form, signed by the registered candidate as proof of the authority. Record of campaign expenses (3) Every registered candidate shall keep a record of all campaign expenses. Limitation on campaign expenses (4) The total campaign expenses incurred by a registered candidate in an election for the office of head of council of a municipality and any individual, corporation, trade union or unincorporated association acting on behalf of that registered candidate during the period commencing with the date of registration and ending on polling day shall not exceed the aggregate amount of $5,500 plus $0.50 per elector entitled to vote for the head of council. Idem (5) Subject to subsection (6), the total campaign expenses incurred by a registered candidate in an election for the office of, (a) member of council, other than head of council, of a municipality; (b) member of council of a regional municipality if this office is required to be filled by the vote of the electors of one or more area municipalities; or (c) member of a school board or of a local board whose members are to be elected at elections required to be conducted by the same officers and in the same manner as elections of members of the council of a municipality, and any individual, corporation, trade union or unincorporated association acting on behalf of the registered candidate during the period commencing with the date of registration and ending on polling day in the election shall not exceed the amount of $3,500 plus $0.50 per elector entitled to vote for that office. Limitation on campaign expenses, ward elections (6) If the municipality or the school board or local board jurisdiction is divided into wards and the election is for an office to represent the electors of one or more of the wards, the number of electors to be used in the calculation of the maximum amount of total campaign expenses that may be incurred by a registered candidate for the office shall be the total number of electors in the ward or wards, as the case may be. Determination of number of electors by returning officer (7) For the purpose of this section, the number of electors in a municipality or a school board or local board jurisdiction or a ward of the municipality or the school board or local board jurisdiction shall be determined by the clerk on the basis of information obtained from the polling list. Calculation and certification of maximum campaign expenses by returning officer, etc. (8) After determining the number of electors under subsection (7), the clerk shall calculate, for each office, the maximum amount of campaign expenses that may be incurred by a registered candidate under subsection (4), (5) or (6), as applicable, certify this amount in the prescribed form and, no later than ten days after nomination day, deliver or send by registered mail a copy of the certificate to each registered candidate for the office. Certificate conclusive (9) Certification of the maximum amount of total campaign expenses that may be incurred by a registered candidate for the office by the clerk under subsection (8) shall be conclusive evidence of that fact and shall not be open to challenge. R.S.O. 1990, c.M.53, s.147.