Acts and Regulations

P-9.3 - Political Process Financing Act

Section 47
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Contributions made in contravention of Act and surplus contributions
47(1)A political party, association, candidate, leadership contestant or nomination contestant or its or his or her official representative, if any, that received a benefit of a contribution contrary to this Act shall return or remit an amount equal to the value of that contribution
(a) to the contributor, if the identity of the contributor is known, or
(b) to the Supervisor, if the identity of the contributor is not known.
47(2)The official representative of a registered political party, registered district association, registered independent candidate, leadership contestant or nomination contestant who received an anonymous contribution shall return the value of that anonymous contribution
(a) to the contributor, if the identity of the contributor can be established, or
(b) to the Supervisor, if the identity of the contributor cannot be established.
47(2.1)The surplus, if any, of the contributions less the expenditures reported to the Supervisor by an official representative of a registered leadership contestant or registered nomination contestant shall be distributed, within a time limit prescribed by the Supervisor,
(a) to the persons who made the contributions, or
(b) to any other person for any purpose approved by the Supervisor.
47(3)All amounts paid to the Supervisor pursuant to subsections (1) or (2) shall be remitted to the Minister of Finance and Treasury Board and paid into the Consolidated Fund.
2015, c.17, s.2; 2019, c.29, s.118
Contributions made in contravention of Act and surplus contributions
47(1)A political party, association, candidate, leadership contestant or nomination contestant or its or his or her official representative, if any, that received a benefit of a contribution contrary to this Act shall return or remit an amount equal to the value of that contribution
(a) to the contributor, if the identity of the contributor is known, or
(b) to the Supervisor, if the identity of the contributor is not known.
47(2)The official representative of a registered political party, registered district association, registered independent candidate, leadership contestant or nomination contestant who received an anonymous contribution shall return the value of that anonymous contribution
(a) to the contributor, if the identity of the contributor can be established, or
(b) to the Supervisor, if the identity of the contributor cannot be established.
47(2.1)The surplus, if any, of the contributions less the expenditures reported to the Supervisor by an official representative of a registered leadership contestant or registered nomination contestant shall be distributed, within a time limit prescribed by the Supervisor,
(a) to the persons who made the contributions, or
(b) to any other person for any purpose approved by the Supervisor.
47(3)All amounts paid to the Supervisor pursuant to subsections (1) or (2) shall be remitted to the Minister of Finance and paid into the Consolidated Fund.
2015, c.17, s.2
Contributions made in contravention of Act
47(1)An amount equal to the value of every contribution made contrary to this Act shall
(a) if the identity of the contributor is known, be returned to that contributor, or
(b) if the identity of the contributor is not known, be remitted to the Supervisor,
by the political party, association or candidate, or its or his official representative, if any, that received the benefit of the contribution.
47(2)An amount equal to the value of every anonymous contribution received by a registered political party, registered district association or registered independent candidate shall
(a) if the identity of the contributor can be established, be returned to that contributor, or
(b) if the identity of the contributor cannot be established, be remitted to the Supervisor
by the official representative of that party, association or independent candidate.
47(3)All amounts paid to the Supervisor pursuant to subsections (1) or (2) shall be remitted to the Minister of Finance and paid into the Consolidated Fund.