Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Prohibition — accepting contributions, borrowing

• 478.73 (1) No person or entity, other than a leadership campaign agent of a leadership contestant, shall accept contributions to the contestant’s leadership campaign or borrow money on the contestant’s behalf under section 373.

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

  (2) No person or entity, other than a leadership campaign agent of a leadership contestant, shall, on the contestant’s behalf,

  • (a) accept a provision of goods or services, or a transfer of funds, if the provision or transfer is permitted under section 364 or 365; or

  • (b) transfer funds, if the transfer is permitted under section 364.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — accepting certain transfers of funds

  (3) No leadership campaign agent of a leadership contestant shall, on the contestant’s behalf, accept a transfer of funds from a registered party or registered association, except the transfer by a registered party of an amount out of a directed contribution as defined in subsection 365(2).

• Marginal note:Prohibition — paying leadership campaign expenses

  (4) No person or entity, other than a leadership campaign agent of a leadership contestant, shall pay the contestant’s leadership campaign expenses, other than personal expenses.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — incurring leadership campaign expenses

  (5) No person or entity, other than the leadership contestant or one of their leadership campaign agents, shall incur the contestant’s leadership campaign expenses.

• Marginal note:Prohibition — paying contestant’s personal expenses

  (6) No person or entity, other than the leadership contestant or their financial agent, shall pay the contestant’s personal expenses.