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Article 497
 

Strict liability offences — summary conviction


(1) Every person is guilty of an offence who


(a) being a person or entity, contravenes subsection 363(1) (making contribution while ineligible);


(b) being the chief agent of a registered party, the financial agent of a registered association, the official agent of a candidate or the financial agent of a nomination contestant or leadership contestant, contravenes subsection 363(2) (failure to return or pay amount of ineligible contribution);


(b.1) being a person or entity, contravenes subsection 364(9) (paying convention fees while ineligible);


(c) being a registered party or an electoral district association of one, contravenes subsection 365(1) (making prohibited transfer);


(d) being a person who is authorized to accept contributions on behalf of a registered party, a registered association, a nomination contestant, a candidate or a leadership contestant, contravenes section 366 (failure to issue receipt);


(e) being a person or entity, contravenes subsection 368(1) (circumventing contribution limit);


(f) being a person or entity, contravenes subsection 368(2) (concealing source of contribution);


(g) being an individual, contravenes section 370 (making indirect contributions);


(h) being a person authorized under this Act to accept contributions, contravenes section 372 (failure to return or pay amount of contribution);


(i) being a person or entity, contravenes subsection 373(1) or (2) (making a loan, guaranteeing a loan or borrowing money);


(j) being an individual, contravenes section 374 (making indirect loans);


(k) contravenes subsection 380(1) or (2) (failure to document payment); or 


(l) being a person authorized to pay petty expenses, contravenes subsection 381(3) (failure to provide documentation of petty expenses) or 381(4) (paying more than the maximum amount of petty expenses).