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Bill C-290

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2nd Session, 36th Parliament,
48 Elizabeth II, 1999

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-290

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (reimbursement of election expenses)

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.S., c. E-2; R.S., c. 27 (1st Supp.), c. 27 (2nd Suppl.); 1989, c. 28; 1990, cc. 16, 17; 1991, cc. 11, 47; 1992, cc. 1, 21, 51; 1993, cc. 19, 28; 1994, c. 26; 1995, c. 5; 1996, cc. 26, 35; 1998, cc. 15, 18, 30; 1999, c. 3, 28

1. The portion of subsection 322(1) of the Canada Elections Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Certification of amount

322. (1) On receipt of a registered party's election expense return referred to in section 46 and the auditor's report referred to in section 43 relating to the return, and where less than thirty per cent of the total number of elected candidates endorsed by the registered party at the election in respect of which the return and the report relate are women , the Chief Electoral Officer shall, where the registered party has obtained, at the election in respect of which the return and report relate, a number of votes at least equal to

2. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 322.1:

Reimbursement of election expenses

Certification of amount

322.2 (1) On receipt of a registered party's election expense return referred to in section 46 and the auditor's report referred to in section 43 relating to the return, and where at least thirty per cent of the total number of elected candidates endorsed by the registered party at the election in respect of which the return and the report relate are women, the Chief Electoral Officer shall, where the registered party has obtained, at the election in respect of which the return and report relate, a number of votes at least equal to

    (a) two per cent of the number of valid votes cast at the election, or

    (b) five per cent of the number of valid votes cast in the electoral districts in which the registered party endorsed a candidate,

transmit to the Receiver General in respect of the registered party a certificate setting out the amount that is the percentage of the amount of election expenses equivalent to the percentage of the total number of elected candidates endorsed by the party who are women up to fifty-five per cent of these expenses.

Payment out of C.R.F.

(2) On receipt of the certificate referred to in subsection (1), the Receiver General shall pay out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to the registered party to whom the certificate relates the amount certified therein.