Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Maximum election expenses

• 422 (1) The maximum amount that is allowed for election expenses of a registered party for an election is the product of

  • (a) $0.70 multiplied by the number of names on the preliminary lists of electors for electoral districts in which the registered party has endorsed a candidate or by the number of names on the revised lists of electors for those electoral districts, whichever is greater, and

  • (b) the inflation adjustment factor published by the Chief Electoral Officer under section 414 that is in effect on the date of the issue of the writs for the election.

• Marginal note:Amounts not included in election expenses

  (2) For the purpose of subsection (1), an election expense of a registered party does not include

  • (a) a transfer made by or on behalf of it to candidates in the election; or

  • (b) an expense incurred by it through a registered agent or person authorized under subsection 411(1) who was not acting within the scope of the registered agent’s authority.