Appointment of financial agent
(1) A third party that is required to register under subsection 353(1) shall appoint a financial agent who may be a person who is authorized to sign an application for registration made under that subsection.
Exception — deemed appointment
(1.1) If, at the end of the pre-election period before a general election referred to in paragraph 353(1)(a), a third party has a financial agent who was appointed under subsection 349.7(1), the financial agent is deemed to have been appointed under subsection (1).
Financial agent — ineligible persons
(2) The following persons are not eligible to be a financial agent of a third party:
(a) a candidate or an official agent of a candidate;
(b) a person who is the chief agent, or a registered agent, of a registered party;
(c) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer; and
(d) a person who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
2000, c. 9, s. 354; 2001, c. 27, s. 212; 2018, c. 31, s. 227.
