Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Nomination campaign expenses

• 374.1 (1) A nomination campaign expense of a nomination contestant is an expense reasonably incurred as an incidence of the nomination contest, including

  • (a) a nomination contest expense;

  • (b) a litigation expense;

  • (c) travel and living expenses;

  • (d) a personal expense; and

  • (e) any fees of an auditor appointed under subsection 476.77(1) that have not been reimbursed by the Receiver General.

• Marginal note:Exclusions — administrative monetary penalties, etc.

  (2) For greater certainty, none of the following is a nomination campaign expense:

  • (a) the amount of any administrative monetary penalty imposed under Part 19;

  • (b) any amount that is required to be paid under a compliance agreement entered into under Part 19 solely as a result of that compliance agreement; and

  • (c) any amount that is required to be paid under an undertaking provided under Part 19 solely as a result of that undertaking.