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Article 478
 

Prohibition — false, misleading or incomplete document


No financial agent of a leadership contestant shall provide the Chief Electoral Officer with a document referred to in subsection 478.8(1), (10), (11), (12) or (15) that


(a) the financial agent knows or ought reasonably to know contains a material statement that is false or misleading; or


(b) in the case of a document referred to in paragraph 478.8(1)(a), does not substantially set out the information required under subsection 478.8(2) and, in the case of a document referred to in subsection 478.8(10), (11), (12) or (15), does not substantially set out the information required under that subsection.


2014, c. 12, s. 86; 2018, c. 31, s. 317.