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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 354 from 2019-06-13 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Appointment of financial agent

  •  (1) A third party that is required to register under subsection 353(1) shall appoint a financial agent who may be a person who is authorized to sign an application for registration made under that subsection.

  • Marginal note:Exception — deemed appointment

    (1.1) If, at the end of the pre-election period before a general election referred to in paragraph 353(1)(a), a third party has a financial agent who was appointed under subsection 349.7(1), the financial agent is deemed to have been appointed under subsection (1).

  • Marginal note:Financial agent — ineligible persons

    (2) The following persons are not eligible to be a financial agent of a third party:

    • (a) a candidate or an official agent of a candidate;

    • (b) a person who is the chief agent, or a registered agent, of a registered party;

    • (c) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer; and

    • (d) a person who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

  • 2000, c. 9, s. 354
  • 2001, c. 27, s. 212
  • 2018, c. 31, s. 227

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