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Article 497
 

Strict liability offences — summary conviction


(1) Every person is guilty of an offence who


(a) being an electoral district association of a registered party, contravenes section 447 (financial activity while unregistered);


(a.1) being an electoral district association of a registered party, contravenes subsection 449.1(1) (incurring certain partisan advertising expenses or, during a pre-election period, transmitting certain partisan advertising messages);


(a.2) being a registered association, contravenes section 449.2 (failure to indicate authority for partisan advertising);


(b) being an electoral district association of a registered party, contravenes subsection 450(1) (incurring election expenses);


(c) being a registered association, contravenes section 451 (failure to provide statement of assets and liabilities or related documents);


(d) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes section 452 (making erroneous declaration);


(e) being a registered association, contravenes subsection 456(2) (failure to comply with requirements re: appointment of electoral district agent);


(f) being a registered association, contravenes section 459, 460 or 461 (failure to comply with requirements re: appointment of financial agent or auditor);


(g) being a registered association, contravenes subsection 463(1) (failure to report changes to registered association information);


(h) being a registered association, contravenes section 464 (failure to confirm validity of information concerning association);


(i) being the financial agent of a deregistered electoral district association, contravenes section 473 (failure to provide financial transactions return for fiscal period or related documents);


(j) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes section 475.2 (failure to pay recoverable claim within three years);


(k) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes subsection 475.4(1), (2), (3) or (5) (failure to provide financial transactions return or related documents); 


(l) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes section 475.5 (failure to pay excess contributions);


(m) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes paragraph 475.7(b) (providing document that is substantially incomplete);


(n) being the financial agent of a registered association, contravenes subsection 475.9(3) (failure to provide corrected or revised document within specified period); or


(o) being the financial agent or the chief executive officer of a registered association, contravenes subsection 475.92(3) (failure to provide corrected or revised document within 30-day period or any extension of that period).