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P-9.3 - Political Process Financing Act

Section 2
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Contributions and expenditures
2(1)The following are not considered contributions under this Act:
(a) the donation by an individual of his personal services, talents or expertise, or the use of his vehicle and the product of that donation, where it is given freely and not as part of his work in the service of an employer;
(b) amounts paid to a registered political party or candidate under any Act;
(c) Repealed: 2017, c.28, s.3
(d) an annual amount of not more than twenty-five dollars paid by a person as dues for membership in a political party;
(e) an amount of not more than $85 in each case paid as registration fees at political conventions;
(f) an amount of not more than ten dollars in each case paid as an entrance fee to an activity or demonstration of a political nature;
(g) without limiting paragraph (a), a donation, other than a donation of money, for political purposes made by any person, if:
(i) the donation is made out of the property or undertaking of that person;
(ii) the total value of all such donations made by that person in the calendar year is less than one hundred dollars; and
(iii) that person is not reimbursed or rewarded in any way for having made the donation.
2(1.1)The amount referred to in paragraph (1)(e) shall be adjusted on January 1, 2018, and on January 1 of every succeeding year, by multiplying the amount by the ratio that the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period ending on the 30th day of September before that year bears to the Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period that ended on September 30, 2017.
2(1.2)If an amount calculated under subsection (1.1) is not a multiple of one dollar when adjusted as provided in this section, it shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of one dollar or, if it is equidistant between two consecutive multiples, to the higher multiple.
2(1.3) In this section, the Consumer Price Index for Canada for any 12-month period is the result arrived at by
(a) aggregating the Consumer Price Index for Canada, as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act (Canada), for each month of that period,
(b) dividing the aggregate obtained under paragraph (a) by 12, and
(c) rounding the result obtained under paragraph (b) to the nearest thousandth or, if the result obtained is equidistant between two consecutive thousandths, to the higher thousandth.
2(2)Nothing in this Act limits or prohibits a registered political party and any of its registered district associations or official candidates transferring to or accepting from each other funds, other property or services, if each transfer and each acceptance is recorded by the appropriate official representative, official agent or chief agent and disclosed to the Supervisor in accordance with this Act, and these transfers are not considered contributions under this Act.
2(2.1)The following are not considered financing under this Act:
(a) credit that is provided or extended by a business in connection with the sale of goods or services by the business;
(b) expenditures, incurred under section 49 by a person authorized by an official representative to make expenditures, using the person’s own money or credit that are reimbursed by the official representative;
(c) election expenses, incurred under section 70 by a chief agent, an official agent or a person authorized by a chief agent or an official agent using his or her own money or credit, that are reimbursed by the chief agent or official agent, as the case may be;
(d) election expenses, incurred under section 71 by a candidate using his or her own money or credit, that are reimbursed by the candidate’s official agent; and
(e) election expenses, incurred under section 74 by the designated publicity agency of a registered political party or of a candidate using the agency’s money or credit, that are reimbursed by the chief agent of the registered political party or the official agent of the candidate, as the case may be.
2(2.2)Nothing in this Act limits or prohibits a registered political party and any of its registered district associations or official candidates from providing loans or other credit or guarantees of loans or other credit to each other, if each loan or other credit or guarantee of a loan or other credit is recorded by the appropriate official representative, chief agent or official agent and disclosed to the Supervisor in accordance with this Act, and these loans or other credit or guarantees of loans or other credit are not considered financing under this Act.
2(3)An expense incurred for political purposes by any person shall not be considered as an expenditure under this Act if
(a) the expense is incurred out of that person’s own money;
(b) the aggregate of all such expenses incurred by that person in the calendar year is less than one hundred dollars, and
(c) no part of such expenses is reimbursable to that person from any other person.
2017, c.28, s.3
Contributions and expenditures
2(1)The following are not considered contributions under this Act:
(a) the donation by an individual of his personal services, talents or expertise, or the use of his vehicle and the product of that donation, where it is given freely and not as part of his work in the service of an employer;
(b) amounts paid to a registered political party or candidate under any Act;
(c) a loan granted for political purposes at the current rate of interest in the market at the time it is granted;
(d) an annual amount of not more than twenty-five dollars paid by a person as dues for membership in a political party;
(e) an amount of not more than twenty-five dollars in each case paid as registration fees at political conventions;
(f) an amount of not more than ten dollars in each case paid as an entrance fee to an activity or demonstration of a political nature;
(g) without limiting paragraph (a), a donation, other than a donation of money, for political purposes made by any person, if:
(i) the donation is made out of the property or undertaking of that person;
(ii) the total value of all such donations made by that person in the calendar year is less than one hundred dollars; and
(iii) that person is not reimbursed or rewarded in any way for having made the donation.
2(2)Nothing in this Act limits or prohibits a registered political party and any of its registered district associations or official candidates transferring to or accepting from each other funds, other property or services, if each transfer and each acceptance is recorded by the appropriate official representative, official agent or chief agent and disclosed to the Supervisor pursuant to this Act.
2(3)An expense incurred for political purposes by any person shall not be considered as an expenditure under this Act if
(a) the expense is incurred out of that person’s own money;
(b) the aggregate of all such expenses incurred by that person in the calendar year is less than one hundred dollars, and
(c) no part of such expenses is reimbursable to that person from any other person.
Contributions and expenditures
2(1)The following are not considered contributions under this Act:
(a) the donation by an individual of his personal services, talents or expertise, or the use of his vehicle and the product of that donation, where it is given freely and not as part of his work in the service of an employer;
(b) amounts paid to a registered political party or candidate under any Act;
(c) a loan granted for political purposes at the current rate of interest in the market at the time it is granted;
(d) an annual amount of not more than twenty-five dollars paid by a person as dues for membership in a political party;
(e) an amount of not more than twenty-five dollars in each case paid as registration fees at political conventions;
(f) an amount of not more than ten dollars in each case paid as an entrance fee to an activity or demonstration of a political nature;
(g) without limiting paragraph (a), a donation, other than a donation of money, for political purposes made by any person, if:
(i) the donation is made out of the property or undertaking of that person;
(ii) the total value of all such donations made by that person in the calendar year is less than one hundred dollars; and
(iii) that person is not reimbursed or rewarded in any way for having made the donation.
2(2)Nothing in this Act limits or prohibits a registered political party and any of its registered district associations or official candidates transferring to or accepting from each other funds, other property or services, if each transfer and each acceptance is recorded by the appropriate official representative, official agent or chief agent and disclosed to the Supervisor pursuant to this Act.
2(3)An expense incurred for political purposes by any person shall not be considered as an expenditure under this Act if
(a) the expense is incurred out of that person’s own money;
(b) the aggregate of all such expenses incurred by that person in the calendar year is less than one hundred dollars, and
(c) no part of such expenses is reimbursable to that person from any other person.