Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9)

Act current to 2012-05-02 and last amended on 2012-04-01. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Prohibition — soliciting or accepting contribution

  • 405.21 (1) No person or entity shall solicit or accept a contribution on behalf of a registered party, registered association or candidate if the person or entity made a representation to the contributor or potential contributor that part or all of the contribution would be transferred to a person or entity, other than the registered party or a candidate, leadership contestant or electoral district association.

  • Marginal note:Prohibition — collusion

    (2) No person or entity shall collude with a person or entity for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition in subsection (1).

  • 2004, c. 24, s. 17.
Marginal note:Prohibition — making indirect contributions

405.3 No individual shall make a contribution to a registered party, a registered association, a candidate or a leadership contestant or a nomination contestant that comes from money, property or the services of any person or entity that was provided to that individual for that purpose.

  • 2003, c. 19, s. 25;
  • 2006, c. 9, s. 49.
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Marginal note:Limit on cash contributions

405.31 No individual shall, in respect of each contribution made under this Part, contribute cash in an amount that exceeds $20.

  • 2006, c. 9, s. 49.
Marginal note:Return of contributions

405.4 If a registered party, a registered association, a candidate, a leadership contestant or a nomination contestant receives a contribution made in contravention of subsection 405(1) or 405.2(4) or section 405.3 or 405.31, the chief agent of the registered party, the financial agent of the registered association, the official agent of the candidate or the financial agent of the leadership contestant or nomination contestant, as the case may be, shall, within 30 days after becoming aware of the contravention, return the contribution unused to the contributor, or, if that is not possible, pay the amount of it or, in the case of a non-monetary contribution, an amount of money equal to its commercial value, to the Chief Electoral Officer who shall forward that amount to the Receiver General.

  • 2003, c. 19, s. 25;
  • 2006, c. 9, s. 49.
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Expenses

Marginal note:Candidate’s expenses for electoral campaign

406. An electoral campaign expense of a candidate is an expense reasonably incurred as an incidence of the election, including

  • (a) an election expense;

  • (b) a personal expense; and

  • (c) any fees of the candidate’s auditor, and any costs incurred for a recount of votes cast in the candidate’s electoral district, that have not been reimbursed by the Receiver General.