Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Notification of eligibility

• 389 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, as soon as feasible after the day on which the application is received, inform the leader of a political party who has applied for the party to become registered whether or not the party is eligible for registration under section 387. If the party is not eligible, the Chief Electoral Officer shall also indicate which of that section’s requirements have not been met.

• Marginal note:Loss of eligibility

  (2) A political party whose leader has been informed under subsection (1) that it is eligible loses its eligibility if

  • (a) it contravenes any of section 391, subsection 395(1), sections 399 to 402, subsections 405(1), (3) and (4) and 406(1) and section 407;

  • (b) one of its officers is not eligible under subsection 395(2) and the party has not complied with subsections 395(3) and (4);

  • (c) its chief agent is not eligible under section 397 and the party has not complied with section 400; or

  • (d) its auditor is not eligible under section 398 and the party has not complied with section 400.