Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Statement of personal expenses

• 477.64 (1) A candidate shall, within three months after polling day, send their official agent a written statement in the prescribed form that

  • (a) sets out the following:

    • (i) the amount of any travel and living expenses paid by the candidate and details of those expenses, and

    • (ii) the amount of any litigation expenses and personal expenses paid by the candidate, details of those expenses and an indication of which of them were paid other than from the bank account referred to in subsection 477.46(1) and the source of the funds used to pay them; or

  • (b) declares that the candidate did not pay for any travel and living expenses, litigation expenses or personal expenses.

• Marginal note:Supporting documents

  (1.1) Together with the statement referred to in paragraph (1)(a), the candidate shall send their official agent documents evidencing the payment of the expenses referred to in the statement.

• Marginal note:Death of candidate

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a candidate who dies before the end of the three-month period referred to in that subsection without having sent the written statement.

• Marginal note:Subsequent payments — litigation expenses

  (3) If, after having sent their official agent the statement referred to in subsection (1), a candidate pays a litigation expense other than from the bank account referred to in subsection 477.46(1), the candidate shall, as soon as feasible after paying it,

  • (a) notify their official agent of the payment;

  • (b) inform their official agent of the amount of the expense, the details of the expense and the source of the funds used to pay it; and

  • (c) send their official agent documents evidencing payment of the expense.