(1) A third party that is required to register under subsection 353(1) shall appoint a financial agent who may be a person who is authorized to sign an application for registration made under that subsection. Exception — deemed appointment (1.1) If, at the end of the pre-election period before a general election referred to in paragraph 353(1)(a), a third party has a financial agent who was appointed under subsection 349.7(1), the financial agent is deemed to have been appointed under subsection (1). Financial agent — ineligible persons (2) The following persons are not eligible to be a financial agent of a third party: (a) a candidate or an official agent of a candidate; (b) a person who is the chief agent, or a registered agent, of a registered party; (c) an election officer or a member of the staff of a returning officer; and (d) a person who is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act .
StatuteCanada Elections Act — PART 17 — Third Party Advertising, Partisan Activities and Election Surveys🇨🇦ca
§ CEA s. 354Appointment of financial agent
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