Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Electoral campaign expenses

• 375 (1) An electoral campaign expense of a candidate is an expense reasonably incurred as an incidence of the election, including

  • (a) an election expense;

  • (a.1) a litigation expense;

  • (a.2) travel and living expenses;

  • (a.3) an accessibility expense;

  • (b) a personal expense; and

  • (c) any fees of an auditor appointed under subsection 477.1(2) 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 an electoral 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.