Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Appointment of financial agent

• 354 (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.

• Marginal note: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).

• Marginal note: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.