Bill C-2
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Signed Pledges by Candidates Prohibited |
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Signed
pledges by
candidates
prohibited
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550. No candidate shall sign a written
document presented by way of demand or
claim made on him or her by any person or
association of persons, between the issue of
the writ and polling day, if the document
requires the candidate to follow a course of
action that will prevent him or her from
exercising freedom of action in Parliament, if
elected, or to resign as a member if called on
to do so by any person or association of
persons.
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By-Elections |
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Notice of
withdrawal of
writ
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551. If a writ is deemed to have been
superseded and withdrawn under subsection
31(3) of the Parliament of Canada Act, the
Chief Electoral Officer shall publish a notice
in the Canada Gazette of the withdrawal of the
writ and the cancellation of the election.
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Forms |
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Tabling of
forms
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552. Each form established for the purposes
of paragraph 424(1)(a) or 429(1)(a) shall be
laid before the House of Commons on any of
the first 15 days that it is sitting after the form
is made by the Chief Electoral Officer.
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Payments out of Consolidated Revenue Fund |
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Amounts to
be paid out of
C.R.F.
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553. The following shall be paid out of
unappropriated moneys forming part of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund:
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Amendments |
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Application of
amendments
to subsequent
election
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554. (1) No amendment to this Act applies
in an election for which the writ is issued
within six months after the passing of the
amendment unless, before the issue of the
writ, the Chief Electoral Officer has published
a notice in the Canada Gazette that the
necessary preparations for the bringing into
operation of the amendment have been made
and that the amendment may come into force
accordingly.
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Consolida- tion of amendments
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(2) It is the duty of the Chief Electoral
Officer immediately after the passing of an
amendment to this Act to consolidate the
amendment, so far as necessary, in the copies
of the Act printed for distribution to returning
officers, to correct and reprint all forms and
instructions affected by it and to publish a
notice in the Canada Gazette as soon as copies
of the Act and the forms and instructions have
been so corrected and reprinted.
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PART 22 |
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TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, REPEALS AND COMING INTO FORCE |
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Transitional Provisions |
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Statement of
assets and
liabilities -
coming into
force before
July 1
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555. (1) If this Act comes into force before
July 1 in a year, a registered party that is
registered on that coming into force shall,
within six months after that coming into
force, provide the Chief Electoral Officer
with
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Statement of
assets and
liabilities -
coming into
force after
June 30
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(2) If this Act comes into force after June
30 in a year, a registered party that is
registered on that coming into force shall,
within six months after the end of the then
current fiscal year, provide the Chief
Electoral Officer with a statement of its
assets and liabilities, including any surplus
or deficit, as of December 31 of the then
current fiscal year, and the documents
referred to in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) in
relation to that statement.
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Financial
reporting -
registered
parties
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556. If this Act comes into force after
June 30 in a year,
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Financial
reporting -
merging
parties
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557. If this Act comes into force after
June 30 in a year, sections 43 to 46 of the
Canada Elections Act, as they read
immediately before the coming into force of
this Act, apply in respect of the provision of
documents by merging parties in relation to
their financial transactions for the portion
of their then current fiscal periods before
the merger takes effect and for any earlier
fiscal periods for which those documents
have not been provided.
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Electoral
campaign
return of
candidate
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558. An official agent need only include in
an electoral campaign return of a candidate
the information referred to in
subparagraph 451(2)(i) in respect of
contributions made since the coming into
force of this section.
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Consequential Amendments |
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R.S., c. E-3
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Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
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559. Subsection 25(2) of the Electoral
Boundaries Readjustment Act is replaced by
the following:
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Returning
officers
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(2) For the purpose only of authorizing and
enabling the appointment, under section 24 of
the Canada Elections Act, of returning
officers whenever required, the representation
order is deemed to be in force effective on the
day on which the proclamation declaring it to
be in force was issued.
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R.S., c. 1 (5th
Supp.)
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Income Tax Act
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560. (1) Subsections 127(3) to (4.2) of the
Income Tax Act are replaced by the
following:
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Contributions
to registered
parties and
candidates
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(3) There may be deducted from the tax
otherwise payable by a taxpayer under this
Part for a taxation year in respect of the total
of all amounts each of which is a monetary
contribution made by the taxpayer in the year
to a registered party or to a candidate whose
nomination has been confirmed in an election
of a member or members to serve in the House
of Commons of Canada (in this section
referred to as ``the total''),
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if payment of each monetary contribution that
is included in the total is proven by filing a
receipt with the Minister, signed by a
registered agent of the registered party or by
the official agent of the candidate whose
nomination has been confirmed, as the case
may be, that contains prescribed information.
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Issue of
receipts
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(3.1) A receipt referred to in subsection (3)
shall not be issued
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otherwise than in respect of a monetary
contribution and to the contributor who made
it.
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Deposit of
amounts
contributed
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(3.2) An official agent of a candidate whose
nomination has been confirmed - other than
in an electoral district referred to in Schedule
3 to the Canada Elections Act - who
receives a monetary contribution, shall
without delay deposit it in an account in the
name of the official agent, in his or her
capacity as such, in a branch or other office in
Canada of a Canadian financial institution as
defined in section 2 of the Bank Act, or in an
authorized foreign bank, as defined in that
section, that is not subject to the restrictions
and requirements referred to in subsection
524(2) of that Act.
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Definitions
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(4) In subsections (3), (3.1), (3.2) and (4.1),
the terms ``official agent'', ``registered agent''
and ``registered party'' have the meanings
assigned to them by subsection 2(1) of the
Canada Elections Act and the expression
``candidate whose nomination has been
confirmed'' means a person whom the
returning officer has, under subsection 71(1)
of that Act, confirmed as a candidate in an
election.
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Definition of
``amount
contributed''
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(4.1) In subsections (3), (3.1), (3.2) and
(4.2), ``monetary contribution'' made by a
taxpayer means a contribution made by the
taxpayer to a registered party or to a candidate
whose nomination has been confirmed in the
form of cash or in the form of a negotiable
instrument issued by the taxpayer, but does not
include
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Allocation of
amount
contributed
among
partners
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(4.2) Where a taxpayer was, at the end of a
taxation year of a partnership, a member of the
partnership, the taxpayer's share of any
monetary contribution made by the
partnership in that taxation year that would, if
the partnership were a person, be a monetary
contribution referred to in subsection (3), is,
for the purposes of that subsection, deemed to
be a monetary contribution made by the
taxpayer in the taxpayer's taxation year in
which the taxation year of the partnership
ended.
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(2) Subsection 127(3) of the Act, as
enacted by subsection (1), applies to the
2000 and subsequent taxation years except
that, in its application to money
contributions made after 1999 and before
the coming into force of this Act, the
references in that subsection to ``a
monetary contribution made'', ``monetary
contribution'' and a ``candidate whose
nomination has been confirmed'' shall be
read as references to ``an amount
contributed'', ``amount contributed'' and
``an officially nominated candidate'',
respectively.
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(3) Subsections 127(3.2) and (4) of the
Act, as enacted by subsection (1), come into
force on the day on which this Act comes
into force.
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R.S., c. P-1
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Parliament of Canada Act
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561. Subsection 28(1) of the Parliament of
Canada Act is replaced by the following:
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Vacancy in
House of
Commons
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28. (1) If a vacancy occurs in the House of
Commons by reason of the death of a member
of the House or the acceptance of an office by
a member of the House, or as a result of the
contestation of the election of a member of the
House under Part 20 of the Canada Elections
Act, the Speaker of the House shall, without
delay, on being informed of the vacancy by
any member of the House in the member's
place or by written notice signed by any two
members of the House, or on receipt of the
final decision on the contestation of the
election, address a warrant of the Speaker to
the Chief Electoral Officer for the issue of a
writ for the election of a member to fill the
vacancy.
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562. Subsection 29(2) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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Deemed
vacancy
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(1.1) A warrant may be issued to the Chief
Electoral Officer for the issue of a writ for the
election of a member of the House of
Commons to fill any vacancy that is deemed
to occur where a report sent under paragraph
318(a) of the Canada Elections Act is received
stating that no candidate was declared elected
in the electoral district because of the equality
of votes.
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Deemed
by-election
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(1.2) An election held in the circumstances
set out in subsection (1.1) is deemed to be a
by-election.
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When writ
may be issued
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(2) A writ may be issued
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563. Subsections 30(2) and (3) of the Act
are repealed.
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564. Subsection 31(3) of the French
version of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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Dissolution du
Parlement
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(3) En cas de dissolution du Parlement après
l'émission du bref, celui-ci est réputé
remplacé et retiré.
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565. Subparagraph 63(3)(b)(ii) of the Act
is replaced by the following:
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1992, c. 30
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Referendum Act
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566. Subsection 13(6) of the French
version of the Referendum Act is replaced
by the following:
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Titre d'un
parti
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(6) Pour l'application du paragraphe (5), le
titre d'un parti s'entend à la fois du titre
complet du parti ainsi que de tout autre titre ou
abréviation utilisés pour le désigner dans les
documents électoraux.
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567. The heading before section 29 of the
French version of the Act is replaced by the
following:
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