§ CEA s. 496Strict liability offences — summary conviction

(1) Every person is guilty of an offence who, being a third party, contravenes (a) any of subsections 350(1) to (4) (exceeding election period expenses limits); (a.1) section 351.1 (foreign third party incurring election period expenses); (b) section 352 (failure to identify self in advertising); (c) subsection 353(1) (failure to register); (d) section 354 (failure to appoint financial agent) or subsection 355(1) (failure to appoint auditor); (d.1) subsection 357.01(1) or 357.02(1) (failure to file interim third-party expenses return) or 357.01(10) (failure to provide documents evidencing expenses on request); (d.2) paragraph 357.03(b) (filing interim third-party expenses return that is substantially incomplete); or (e) section 357.1 (use of anonymous contributions). (f) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 337] Offences requiring intent — dual procedure (2) Every person is guilty of an offence who (a) being a third party, knowingly contravenes any of subsections 350(1) to (4) or section 351 (exceeding or circumventing election period expenses limits); (b) being a third party or registered party, knowingly contravenes subsection 351.01(1) (colluding to influence third party); (c) being a third party or candidate, knowingly contravenes subsection 351.01(2) (colluding to influence third party); (d) being a third party or official agent of a candidate, knowingly contravenes subsection 351.01(3) (colluding to influence third party); (e) being a third party, knowingly contravenes section 351.1 (foreign third party incurring election period expenses); (f) being a third party, knowingly contravenes subsection 353(1) (failure to register); (g) knowingly contravenes subsection 354(2) or 355(3) (ineligible person acting as financial agent or auditor); or (h) being a third party, knowingly contravenes subsection 357.01(1) or 357.02(1) (failure to file interim third-party expenses return); or (i) being a third party, contravenes paragraph 357.03(a) or knowingly contravenes paragraph 357.03(b) (filing interim third-party expenses return that contains false or misleading information or one that is incomplete).