Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Publication of electoral campaign returns and election expenses returns

• 382 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, in the manner that he or she considers appropriate, publish the original election expenses returns of registered parties and electoral campaign returns of candidates and any corrected or revised versions of those returns

  • (a) in the case of an original return, within one year after the issue of a writ for an election;

  • (b) in the case of a corrected or revised version of a return, as soon as feasible after he or she receives it; and

  • (c) in the case of a document referred to in subsection 477.59(10), (11), (12) or (15), or a corrected or revised version of such a document, as soon as feasible after he or she receives it.

• Marginal note:Publication of financial transactions returns

  (2) The Chief Electoral Officer shall publish the following, as soon as feasible after receiving them, in the manner that he or she considers appropriate:

  • (a) the financial transactions returns of registered parties and registered associations, and any corrected or revised versions of those returns;

  • (b) the nomination campaign returns of nomination contestants, any document referred to in subsection 476.75(10), (11), (12) or (15), and any corrected or revised versions of those returns or documents; and

  • (c) the leadership campaign returns of leadership contestants, any document referred to in subsection 478.8(10), (11), (12) or (15), any corrected or revised versions of those returns or documents, the returns in respect of contributions required under section 478.81, and any statements containing information with respect to contributions referred to in paragraph 478.3(2)(d).

• Marginal note:Summary of return on candidates’ election expenses

  (3) As soon as feasible after receiving an electoral campaign return, any document referred to in subsection 477.59(10), (11), (12) or (15) or any corrected or revised version of those returns or documents for each candidate in an electoral district, the Chief Electoral Officer shall, in the manner that he or she considers appropriate, publish a summary report that includes the maximum election expenses allowed for the electoral district and, for each candidate,

  • (a) the total election expenses;

  • (a.1) the total litigation expenses;

  • (a.2) the total travel and living expenses that are related to travel and sojourns during the election period;

  • (a.3) the total accessibility expenses;

  • (b) the total personal expenses;

  • (c) the number of contributors and the total amount of contributions received;

  • (d) the name of the official agent;

  • (e) the name of the auditor; and

  • (f) if applicable, an indication that the auditor’s report on a return was qualified.

• Marginal note:Publication of return of deregistered parties

  (4) As soon as feasible after receiving a financial transactions return under subparagraph 420(a)(i) from a deregistered political party, the Chief Electoral Officer shall publish it in the manner that he or she considers appropriate.