Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Contributions — inclusions and exclusions

• 404.2 (1) Any money that is used for a candidate’s, leadership contestant’s or nomination contestant’s campaign out of the candidate’s or contestant’s own funds is considered to be a contribution for the purposes of this Act.

• Marginal note:Exclusions — party, registered associations and candidates

  (2) A provision of goods or services or a transfer of funds is permitted and is not a contribution for the purposes of this Act if it is

  • (a) from a registered party to an electoral district association of the party or a candidate endorsed by the party;

  • (b) from a registered association to the party with which it is affiliated, another registered association of the party or a candidate endorsed by the party;

  • (c) from a candidate endorsed by a registered party to the party or a registered association of the party; or

  • (d) from a candidate to himself or herself in his or her capacity as a nomination contestant in respect of the same election.

• Marginal note:Exclusions — leadership contestants and nomination contestants

  (3) A transfer of funds is permitted and is not a contribution for the purposes of this Act if it is

  • (a) from a leadership contestant of a registered party to the party or a registered association of the party;

  • (b) from a nomination contestant of a registered party to the party, the registered association of the party that held the nomination contest or the official agent of the candidate endorsed by the party in the electoral district in which the nomination contest was held; or

  • (c) from a registered party to a leadership contestant with funds from a directed contribution referred to in subsection 404.3(3).

• Marginal note:Exception

  (4) A registered association, a nomination contestant or a candidate of a registered party may not transfer to the party any amount received in accordance with section 404.1 or 405.3.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (5) The provision, by an employer who is eligible to make a contribution, of a paid leave of absence during an election period to an employee for the purpose of allowing the employee to be a nomination contestant or candidate is not a contribution.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (6) The payment by an individual during a year of fees of not more than $25 per year in relation to a period of not more than 5 years for membership in a registered party is not a contribution.