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Article 477
 

Prohibition


(1) No candidate shall accept any gift or other advantage that might reasonably be seen to have been given to influence them in the performance of their duties and functions as a member of the House of Commons if the candidate were to be elected, during the period that


(a) begins on the day on which they are deemed to have become a candidate; and


(b) ends on


(i) the day on which they withdraw, if they withdraw in accordance with subsection 74(1),


(ii) the day on which they become a member of the House of Commons, if they are elected, or


(iii) polling day, in any other case.