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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 435.02 from 2004-01-01 to 2014-12-18:


Marginal note:Certificate

  •  (1) As soon as practicable after the end of each quarter, the Chief Electoral Officer shall provide the Receiver General with a certificate that sets out the amount of the allowance payable to a registered party for that quarter.

  • Marginal note:Delay for non-compliance

    (2) If a registered party has not provided all the documents that it is required to provide under sections 424, 424.1 and 429, the Chief Electoral Officer shall postpone providing the certificate for any quarter until the party has provided those documents.

  • Marginal note:Payment

    (3) The Receiver General shall, on receipt of a certificate, pay to the registered party out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the amount set out in the certificate. The payment may also be made in whole or in part to any provincial division of the party, as authorized in writing by the leader of the party.

  • Definition of provincial division

    (4) In this Act, provincial division means a division of a registered party for a province or territory in relation to which the leader of the party has provided the following to the Chief Electoral Officer:

    • (a) the name of the division and of the province or territory;

    • (b) the name of the party;

    • (c) the address of the office at which records of that division are maintained and to which communications may be addressed;

    • (d) the names and addresses of the chief executive officer and other officers of the division;

    • (e) the name and address of any registered agent appointed by the division; and

    • (f) a declaration signed by the leader of the party certifying that the division is a division of the party.

    This Act applies to information provided under this subsection as if it were information referred to in paragraphs 366(2)(a) to (h).

  • Marginal note:Report of changes in information

    (5) Within 15 days after a change in the information referred to in subsection (4), the chief executive officer of the provincial division shall report the change in writing to the chief agent of the registered party.

  • 2003, c. 19, s. 40

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