Offences with respect to expenses
85(1)A person commits an offence who
(a)
knowingly incurs or authorizes election expenses exceeding the maximum fixed by section 77,
(b)
wilfully submits a false statement of election expenses under section 81 or 82,
(c)
knowingly incurs or authorizes election advertising expenses exceeding the maximum fixed by subsection 84.15(1), (2) or (4), or
(d)
wilfully makes a false statement in a report filed under section 84.6.
85(2)A candidate, whose official agent with the knowledge of the candidate commits an offence under subsection (1), also commits such offence.
85(3)The election of any candidate who has been convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is null and void, and his seat shall be vacated from the time of such conviction.
85(4)A third party as defined in section 84.1, whose chief financial officer with the knowledge of the third party commits an offence under subsection (1), commits the same offence.
85(5)If a third party as defined in section 84.1 is a group, a member of the group commits the same offence under subsection (1) as an offence committed by the third party’s chief financial officer, if the chief financial officer commits the offence with the knowledge of the member.
1990, c.61, s.111; 2008, c.48, s.2