Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Prohibition — false or misleading information (leader)

• 408 (1) No leader of a political party shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with information under section 385 that the leader knows is false or misleading.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — false or misleading information (party)

  (2) No registered party and no eligible party shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with information under any of sections 405 to 407 that it knows is false or misleading.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — certification by leader

  (3) No leader of a registered party or of an eligible party shall certify, under any of sections 405 to 407, a report or statement that they know contains false or misleading information.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — leader’s declaration

  (4) No leader of a political party shall make a declaration referred to in section 385, 405 or 407 that they know is false or misleading.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — false or misleading declaration

  (5) No person shall make a declaration referred to in paragraph 385(2)(i) or subsection 407(2) that they know is false or misleading.