Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Issuance of receipts

• 404.4 (1) Any person who is authorized to accept contributions on behalf of a registered party, a registered association, a candidate, a leadership contestant or a nomination contestant shall issue a receipt — of which he or she shall keep a copy — for each contribution of more than $20 that he or she accepts.

• Marginal note:Record keeping

  (2) If anonymous contributions of $20 or less per person are collected in response to a general solicitation at a meeting or fundraising event related to the affairs of a registered party, a registered association, a candidate, a leadership contestant or a nomination contestant, the person authorized to accept those contributions must record the following:

  • (a) a description of the function at which the contributions were collected;

  • (b) the date of the function;

  • (c) the approximate number of people at the function; and

  • (d) the total amount of anonymous contributions accepted.