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Paragraph 457
 

Agents — corporations


(1) A corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province is eligible to be the financial agent or an electoral district agent of a registered association.


Agents — ineligible persons


(2) The following persons are ineligible to be a financial agent or an electoral district agent:


(a) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer;


(b) a candidate;


(c) an auditor appointed as required by this Act;


(d) subject to subsection (1), a person who is not an elector;


(e) an undischarged bankrupt; and


(f) a person who does not have full capacity to enter into contracts in the province in which the person ordinarily resides.


If member of partnership appointed as agent


(3) A person may be appointed as agent for a registered association even if the person is a member of a partnership that has been appointed as an auditor, in accordance with this Act, for the registered party.


2000, c. 9, s. 457; 2014, c. 12, s. 86.