Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Extension or correction — Chief Electoral Officer

• 403.41 (1) The Chief Electoral Officer, on the written application of the financial agent of a registered association or, if the financial agent is absent or incapacitated, the chief executive officer of the association, may authorize

  • (a) the extension of a period provided in subsection 403.35(4); or

  • (b) the correction, within a specified period, of a document referred to in subsection 403.35(1).

• Marginal note:Deadline

  (2) An application may be made

  • (a) under paragraph (1)(a), within the period provided in subsection 403.35(4); and

  • (b) under paragraph (1)(b), as soon as the applicant becomes aware of the need for correction.

• Marginal note:Grounds

  (3) The Chief Electoral Officer may not authorize an extension or correction unless he or she is satisfied by the evidence submitted by the applicant that the circumstances giving rise to the application arose by reason of

  • (a) the absence, death, illness or misconduct of the financial agent or a predecessor;

  • (b) the absence, death, illness or misconduct of a clerk or an officer of the financial agent, or a predecessor of one of them; or

  • (c) inadvertence or an honest mistake of fact.