Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Maximum amount of penalty

• 508.5 (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (6), the maximum administrative monetary penalty for a violation is $25,000, in the case of an individual, and $100,000, in the case of a corporation or an entity.

• Marginal note:Maximum — sections 349.012, 349.013, 349.02 and 349.03

  (2) The maximum administrative monetary penalty for a violation arising from the contravention of section 349.012, 349.013, 349.02 or 349.03 is an amount equal to twice the amount of the funds, or twice the commercial value of the property or services, involved in the contravention of that section, plus

  • (a) $25,000, in the case of an individual; and

  • (b) $100,000, in the case of a corporation or an entity.

• Marginal note:Maximum — sections 349.04, 349.05, 363, 367, 372.1 and 372.2

  (3) The maximum administrative monetary penalty for a violation arising from the contravention of section 349.04, 349.05, 363, 367, 372.1 or 372.2 is an amount equal to twice the amount that was contributed — accepted or not returned, not destroyed, or not converted and paid, as the case may be — in contravention of that section, plus

  • (a) $25,000, in the case of an individual; and

  • (b) $100,000, in the case of a corporation or an entity.

• Marginal note:Maximum — subsections 349.4(1) and 351.1(1)

  (4) The maximum administrative monetary penalty for a violation arising from the contravention of subsection 349.4(1) or 351.1(1) is an amount equal to twice the amount of the expense incurred by the third party in contravention of that subsection, plus

  • (a) $25,000, in the case of an individual; and

  • (b) $100,000, in the case of a corporation or an entity.

• Marginal note:Maximum — subsections 349.95(1) and 358(1)

  (5) The maximum administrative monetary penalty for a violation arising from the contravention of subsection 349.95(1) or 358(1) is an amount equal to twice the amount of the contribution that was used in contravention of that subsection, plus

  • (a) $25,000, in the case of an individual; and

  • (b) $100,000, in the case of a corporation or an entity.

• Marginal note:Maximum — section 368

  (6) The maximum administrative monetary penalty for a violation arising from the contravention of any of subsections 368(1) to (4) is an amount equal to twice the amount at issue in the contravention of that subsection, plus

  • (a) $25,000, in the case of an individual; and

  • (b) $100,000, in the case of a corporation or an entity.