Prohibition — accepting contributions, borrowing

(1) No person or entity, other than the candidate’s official agent, shall accept contributions to a candidate’s electoral campaign or borrow money on the candidate’s behalf under section 373.

Prohibition — issuing tax receipts

(2) No person or entity, other than the candidate’s official agent, shall provide official receipts to contributors of monetary contributions to a candidate for the purpose of subsection 127(3) of the Income Tax Act.

Prohibition — accepting or providing goods, services or funds

(3) No person or entity, other than the candidate’s official agent, shall, on behalf of a candidate,

(a) accept a provision of goods or services, or a transfer of funds, if the provision or transfer is permitted under section 364; or

(b) provide goods or services, or transfer funds, if the provision or transfer is permitted under that section.

Prohibition — paying electoral expenses

(4) No person or entity, other than a candidate’s official agent, shall pay the candidate’s electoral campaign expenses except for

(a) a litigation expense;

(b) travel and living expenses;

(c) a personal expense; or

(d) a petty expense referred to in section 381.

(4) No person or entity, other than a candidate’s official agent, shall pay the candidate’s electoral campaign expenses except for

(a) a litigation expense;

(b) travel and living expenses;

(c) a personal expense; or

(d) a petty expense referred to in section 381.

Prohibition — incurring electoral expenses

(5) No person or entity, other than a candidate, their official agent or a person authorized under paragraph 477.55(c) to enter into contracts, shall incur expenses in relation to the candidate’s electoral campaign.

Election expenses incurred by candidate

(5.1) Despite subsection (5), a candidate shall, before incurring election expenses, obtain the written authorization of their official agent to incur those expenses, and shall incur them only in accordance with that authorization.

Prohibition — paying candidate’s personal expenses, etc.

(6) No person or entity, other than a candidate or their official agent, shall pay the candidate’s expenses referred to in any of paragraphs (4)(a) to (c).

Exception

(7) Subsection (4) or (5), as the case may be, does not apply to a registered agent of a registered party who pays or incurs expenses in relation to the electoral campaign of the leader of the registered party.

2014, c. 12, s. 86; 2018, c. 31, s. 290.