Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Prohibition — accepting contributions, borrowing

• 476.66 (1) No person or entity, other than the financial agent of a nomination contestant, shall accept contributions to the contestant’s nomination campaign or borrow money on the contestant’s behalf under section 373.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — accepting goods, services or funds or transferring funds

  (2) No person or entity, other than the financial agent of a nomination contestant, shall, on the contestant’s behalf,

  • (a) accept a provision of goods or services, or a transfer of funds, if the provision or transfer is permitted under section 364; or

  • (b) transfer funds, if the transfer is permitted under that section.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — accepting certain transfers of funds

  (3) No financial agent of a nomination contestant shall, on the contestant’s behalf, accept a transfer of funds from a registered party or registered association.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — paying nomination campaign expenses

  (4) No person or entity, other than the financial agent of a nomination contestant, shall pay the contestant’s nomination campaign expenses, other than personal expenses.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — incurring nomination campaign expenses

  (5) Subject to section 348.02, no person or entity, other than the nomination contestant or their financial agent, shall incur the contestant’s nomination campaign expenses.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — paying contestant’s personal expenses

  (6) No person or entity, other than the nomination contestant or their financial agent, shall pay the contestant’s personal expenses.