Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Irregular claims or payments — Chief Electoral Officer

• 435.26 (1) On the written application of a leadership contestant, of the contestant’s financial agent or of a person with a claim to be paid for a leadership campaign expense in relation to a leadership contestant, the Chief Electoral Officer may, on being satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for so doing, in writing authorize the payment, through the contestant’s financial agent, of the amount claimed if

  • (a) the invoice or other document evidencing the claim was not sent in accordance with section 435.23; or

  • (b) the payment was not made in accordance with subsection 435.24(1).

• Marginal note:Conditions

  (2) The Chief Electoral Officer may impose any term or condition that he or she considers appropriate on a payment authorized under subsection (1).