Acts and Regulations

P-9.3 - Political Process Financing Act

Section 84.15
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Spending limits
84.15(1)For election advertising transmitted during the campaign period for a general election, a third party shall not incur election advertising expenses that in total exceed the product of the following:
(a) the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 77(1)(a) and section 77.1 for a registered political party that has candidates in all of the Province’s electoral districts; and
(b) 1.3%.
84.15(2)Not more than 10% of the total amount of allowable election advertising expenses calculated in accordance with subsection (1) shall be incurred for election advertising that relates to a single electoral district.
84.15(3)For the purposes of subsection (2), election advertising relates to a single electoral district if
(a) the election advertising promotes or opposes the election of one or more of the electoral district’s candidates, or
(b) the election advertising is transmitted in the electoral district in any of the following forms:
(i) handbills;
(ii) posters;
(iii) billboards;
(iv) electronic billboards;
(v) other types of signs.
84.15(4)For election advertising transmitted during the campaign period for a by-election, a third party shall not incur expenses for election advertising that relates to a single electoral district that in total exceed the amount calculated in accordance with subsection (2) for the most recently held general election.
2008, c.48, s.1
Spending limits
84.15(1)For election advertising transmitted during the campaign period for a general election, a third party shall not incur election advertising expenses that in total exceed the product of the following:
(a) the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 77(1)(a) and section 77.1 for a registered political party that has candidates in all of the Province’s electoral districts; and
(b) 1.3%.
84.15(2)Not more than 10% of the total amount of allowable election advertising expenses calculated in accordance with subsection (1) shall be incurred for election advertising that relates to a single electoral district.
84.15(3)For the purposes of subsection (2), election advertising relates to a single electoral district if
(a) the election advertising promotes or opposes the election of one or more of the electoral district’s candidates, or
(b) the election advertising is transmitted in the electoral district in any of the following forms:
(i) handbills;
(ii) posters;
(iii) billboards;
(iv) electronic billboards;
(v) other types of signs.
84.15(4)For election advertising transmitted during the campaign period for a by-election, a third party shall not incur expenses for election advertising that relates to a single electoral district that in total exceed the amount calculated in accordance with subsection (2) for the most recently held general election.
2008, c.48, s.1