Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9)

Marginal note:Three months to send expense claims

• 403.29 (1) A person with a claim to be paid for an expense of a registered association shall, within three months after the expense was incurred, send the invoice or other document evidencing the claim to the registered association or one of its electoral district agents.

• Marginal note:Bar to recovery

  (2) A claimant is barred from recovery of a claim that is sent after the three-month period.

• Marginal note:Deceased claimant

  (3) If a claimant dies before the end of the three-month period, a new three-month period begins, for the purposes of subsection (1), on the day on which the claimant’s legal representative becomes entitled to act for the claimant.

Marginal note:Payment within six months

403.3 A claim that has been sent in accordance with section 403.29 must be paid within six months after payment of it is due.

Marginal note:Irregular claims or payments — Chief Electoral Officer

• 403.31 (1) On the written application of a claimant with a claim to be paid for an expense of a registered association or of an electoral district agent, the Chief Electoral Officer may, on being satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for so doing, in writing authorize the electoral district agent of the registered association to pay the amount claimed if

  • (a) the claim was not sent in accordance with subsection 403.29(1); or

  • (b) the payment was not made in accordance with section 403.3.

• Marginal note:Terms and conditions

  (2) The Chief Electoral Officer may fix any term or condition that he or she considers appropriate on a payment authorized under subsection (1).

Marginal note:Irregular claims or payments — judge

403.32 On the application of a person who has a claim to be paid for an expense of a registered association or of an electoral district agent of the association, a judge who is competent to conduct a recount, on being satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for so doing, may by order authorize the electoral district agent to pay the amount claimed if

• (a) the applicant establishes that an authorization under subsection 403.31(1) has been refused and that the claim was sent after the three-month period referred to in subsection 403.29(1) or the payment has not been made in the six-month period referred to in section 403.3; or

• (b) the amount claimed has not been paid in accordance with an authorization obtained from the Chief Electoral Officer under subsection 403.31(1) and the applicant establishes that he or she was unable to comply with that authorization for reasons beyond his or her control.