Elections Modernization Act (S.C. 2018, c. 31)
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Assented to 2018-12-13
2000, c. 9Canada Elections Act (continued)
235 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 359:
Marginal note:Prohibition — false, misleading or incomplete document
359.1 No third party shall file under subsection 359(1) a third-party expenses return that
236 (1) Subsections 360(1) and (2) of the Act are replaced by the following:
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360 (1) If a third party incurs partisan activity expenses, partisan advertising expenses, election advertising expenses or election survey expenses in an aggregate amount of $10,000 or more, its third-party expenses return filed under subsection 359(1) shall include a report made under subsection (2).
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(2) The third party’s auditor shall report on the third-party expenses return and shall make any examination that will enable the auditor to give an opinion in the report as to whether the return presents fairly the information contained in the accounting records on which it is based.
(2) Paragraph 360(3)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) the third-party expenses return that is the subject of the report does not present fairly the information contained in the accounting records on which it is based;
(3) Subsection 360(4) of the Act is replaced by the following:
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(4) The auditor shall have access at any reasonable time to all of the third party’s documents that, in the auditor’s opinion, are necessary to enable the auditor to prepare the report, and may require the third party to provide any information or explanation that, in the auditor’s opinion, is necessary to enable the auditor to prepare the report.
237 Section 361 of the Act is replaced by the following:
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361 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer may correct a third-party expenses return filed under subsection 359(1) if the correction does not materially affect its substance.
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(2) The Chief Electoral Officer may in writing request a third party to correct or revise, within a specified period, a third-party expenses return filed under subsection 359(1).
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(3) If the Chief Electoral Officer requests a correction or revision, the third party shall provide him or her with the corrected or revised version of the return within the specified period.
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361.1 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer, on the written application of a third party, shall authorize the extension of the period referred to in subsection 359(1) unless he or she is satisfied that the third party’s failure to file the third-party expenses return under that subsection was deliberate or was the result of the third party’s failure to exercise due diligence.
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(2) The application may be made within the period referred to in subsection 359(1) or within two weeks after the end of that period.
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361.2 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer, on the written application of a third party, shall authorize the correction or revision of a third-party expenses return filed under subsection 359(1) if he or she is satisfied by the evidence submitted by the third party that the correction or revision is necessary in order for the requirements of this Act to be complied with.
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(2) The application shall be made immediately after the third party becomes aware of the need for correction or revision.
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(3) The third party shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with the corrected or revised version of the return within 30 days after the day on which the correction or revision is authorized or within any extension of that period authorized under subsection (4) or (5).
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(4) The Chief Electoral Officer, on the written application of the third party made within two weeks after the end of the 30-day period referred to in subsection (3), shall authorize the extension of that period, unless he or she is satisfied that the third party’s failure to provide the corrected or revised version of the return was deliberate or was the result of the third party’s failure to exercise due diligence.
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(5) The Chief Electoral Officer, on the written application of the third party made within two weeks after the end of an extension authorized under subsection (4) or under this subsection, shall authorize the further extension of that period, unless he or she is satisfied that the third party’s failure to provide the corrected or revised version of the return was deliberate or was the result of the third party’s failure to exercise due diligence.
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361.3 (1) A third party may apply to a judge for an order
(a) relieving the third party from the obligation to comply with a request referred to in subsection 361(2);
(b) authorizing an extension referred to in subsection 361.1(1); or
(c) authorizing a correction or revision referred to in subsection 361.2(1).
The third party shall notify the Chief Electoral Officer that the application has been made.
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(2) The application may be made
(a) under paragraph (1)(a), within the specified period referred to in subsection 361(2) or within the two weeks after the end of that period;
(b) under paragraph (1)(b), within two weeks after, as the case may be,
(i) if an application for an extension is not made to the Chief Electoral Officer within the period referred to in subsection 361.1(2), the end of the two-week period referred to in that subsection,
(ii) the rejection of an application for an extension made in accordance with section 361.1, or
(iii) the end of the extended period referred to in subsection 361.1(1); or
(c) under paragraph (1)(c), within two weeks after the rejection of an application for a correction or revision made in accordance with section 361.2.
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(3) The judge shall grant an order authorizing an extension unless the judge is satisfied that the third party’s failure to file the required third-party expenses return was deliberate or was the result of the third party’s failure to exercise due diligence.
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(4) The judge shall grant an order authorizing a correction or revision if the judge is satisfied by the evidence submitted by the third party that the correction or revision is necessary in order for the requirements of this Act to be complied with.
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(5) The order may require that the third party satisfy any condition that the judge considers necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
238 Section 362 of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (a) and by replacing paragraph (b) with the following:
(a.1) publish, as soon as feasible, returns filed under subsection 349.91(1), 349.92(1), 357.01(1) or 357.02(1);
(b) publish, within one year after the issue of the writ, returns filed under subsection 359(1); and
(c) publish, as soon as feasible, a corrected or revised version of a return filed under subsection 359(1) and published under paragraph (b).
239 (1) Section 364 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):
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(1.1) For the purposes of this Act, any money that is used out of a nomination contestant’s, candidate’s or leadership contestant’s own funds to pay a litigation expense or personal expense is not a contribution if it has not been deposited into the bank account referred to in
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(2) Section 364 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (8):
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(9) No person or entity other than an individual who is a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act shall pay fees to attend an annual or biennial convention or leadership convention of a particular registered party, or pay fees on behalf of another individual for them to attend such a convention.
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