Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Prohibition — paying expenses

• 426 (1) No person or entity, other than a registered agent of a registered party or a person authorized under subsection 381(1), shall pay the registered party’s expenses.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — incurring expenses

  (2) Subject to section 348.02, no person or entity, other than a registered agent of a registered party, shall incur the registered party’s expenses.

• Marginal note:Expenses incurred by registered agent other than chief agent

  (2.1) Despite subsection (2), a registered agent — other than the chief agent — of a registered party shall, before incurring the party’s expenses, obtain the written authorization of the chief agent to incur those expenses, and shall incur them only in accordance with that authorization.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — accepting contributions, borrowing

  (3) No person or entity, other than a registered agent of a registered party, shall accept contributions to the registered party or borrow money on its behalf.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — accepting or providing goods, services or funds

  (4) No person or entity, other than a registered agent of a registered party, shall, on behalf of the registered party,

  • (a) accept a provision of goods or services, or a transfer of funds, if the provision or transfer is permitted under section 364; or

  • (b) provide goods or services, or transfer funds, if the provision or transfer is permitted under that section.