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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 476.66 from 2019-06-13 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Prohibition — accepting contributions, borrowing

  •  (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 a nomination contestant’s financial agent, shall pay the contestant’s nomination campaign expenses except for

    • (a) a litigation expense;

    • (b) travel and living expenses;

    • (c) a personal expense; or

    • (d) a petty expense referred to in section 381.

  • 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, etc.

    (6) No person or entity, other than the nomination contestant or their financial agent, shall pay the contestant’s expenses referred to in any of paragraphs 4(a) to (c).

  • 2014, c. 12, ss. 86, 155
  • 2018, c. 31, s. 279

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