Acts and Regulations

P-9.3 - Political Process Financing Act

Section 74
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Publicity agency
74(1)A chief agent and an official agent may each designate a publicity agency for his party or candidate by a writing signed by him and filed with the office of the Supervisor setting out the name and address of the agency.
74(2)Election expenses on behalf of a registered political party or a candidate may be incurred or authorized by the designated publicity agency of the party or candidate.
74(3)The designated publicity agency of a registered political party or a candidate may be dismissed or replaced at any time by a writing signed by the chief agent or official agent, as the case may be, and filed with the office of the Supervisor.
74(4)All election expenses incurred or authorized by a designated publicity agency shall be deemed to be incurred or authorized by the chief agent of the party or official agent of the candidate who designated the agency.
74(5)If a designated publicity agency incurs or authorizes election expenses in accordance with this section, the designated publicity agency shall submit to the chief agent or official agent, as the case may be, not later than 20 days after polling day a detailed statement of all election expenses it incurred or authorized.
74(6)A designated publicity agency that, using its own money or credit, incurs election expenses that are not reimbursed to the agency by the chief agent or official agent, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have made a contribution equal in value to the amount of the expenses.
74(7)A deemed contribution under subsection (6) 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; and
(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.
2017, c.28, s.41
Publicity agency
74(1)A chief agent and an official agent may each designate a publicity agency for his party or candidate by a writing signed by him and filed with the office of the Supervisor setting out the name and address of the agency.
74(2)Election expenses on behalf of a registered political party or a candidate may be incurred or authorized by the designated publicity agency of the party or candidate.
74(3)The designated publicity agency of a registered political party or a candidate may be dismissed or replaced at any time by a writing signed by the chief agent or official agent, as the case may be, and filed with the office of the Supervisor.
74(4)All election expenses incurred or authorized by a designated publicity agency shall be deemed to be incurred or authorized by the chief agent of the party or official agent of the candidate who designated the agency.