Limitation on election expenses
77(1)Election expenses of a registered political party shall be limited so as not to exceed:
(a)
for a general election, an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying one dollar by the number of electors in the aggregate of the electoral districts in which such party has candidates, and
(b)
for a by-election, an amount of seven thousand dollars for each by-election.
77(2)Election expenses of a candidate shall be limited so as not to exceed:
(a)
for a general election, an amount equal to the sum obtained by allowing one dollar and seventy-five cents for each of the electors in the electoral district for which he is a candidate,
(b)
for a by-election, an amount equal to the sum obtained by allowing two dollars for each of the electors in the electoral district for which he is a candidate.
77(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), in no case shall the election expenses of any candidate be limited to an amount less than eleven thousand dollars or exceed twenty-two thousand dollars.
1980, c.40, s.6; 1986, c.65, s.3