Acts and Regulations

P-9.3 - Political Process Financing Act

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Price for work, merchandise or services
72(1)No person shall claim or receive for election expenses a price in excess of his regular price for similar work, merchandise or services outside the election period.
72(2)Subject to sections 2 and 48, any person who accepts for election expenses a price less than his regular price for similar work, merchandise or services outside the election period is deemed to have made a contribution equal in value to the difference between his regular price and the price accepted.
72(3)A deemed contribution under subsection (2) shall,
(a) in the case of election expenses incurred on behalf of a registered political party, be deemed to have been made to the official representative of that party;
(b) in the case of election expenses incurred on behalf of an official candidate of a registered political party,
(i) be deemed to have been made to the official representative of the registered district association associated with that party in the electoral district in which that person is a candidate, or
(ii) if there is no registered district association associated with that party in the electoral district in which that person is a candidate, be deemed to have been made to the official representative of the registered political party;
(c) in the case of election expenses incurred on behalf of a registered independent candidate, be deemed to have been made to the official representative of that candidate; and
(d) in every other case, be deemed to have been made to the unregistered independent candidate on whose behalf the expenses were incurred.
72(4)No person shall, by virtue of paragraph (3)(d), be deemed to have contravened subsection 37(2) or section 42.
2017, c.28, s.40
Price for work, merchandise or services
72(1)No person shall claim or receive for election expenses a price in excess of his regular price for similar work, merchandise or services outside the election period.
72(2)Subject to sections 2 and 48, any person who accepts for election expenses a price less than his regular price for similar work, merchandise or services outside the election period is deemed to have made a contribution equal in value to the difference between his regular price and the price accepted.
72(3)A deemed contribution under subsection (2) shall,
(a) in the case of election expenses incurred on behalf of a registered political party, be deemed to have been made to the official representative of that party;
(b) in the case of election expenses incurred on behalf of an official candidate of a registered political party, be deemed to have been made to the official representative of the registered district association, associated with that party in the electoral district in which he is a candidate;
(c) in the case of election expenses incurred on behalf of a registered independent candidate, be deemed to have been made to the official representative of that candidate; and
(d) in every other case, be deemed to have been made to the political party or candidate on whose behalf the expenses were incurred.