(1) If section 282 comes into force during a nomination contest, the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which that section comes into force, applies with respect to that nomination contest and all related obligations, including obligations to report. Prior nomination contests (2) All obligations arising out of any nomination contest that took place before the day on which section 282 comes into force and that are still outstanding on that day, including obligations to report, are subject to the Canada Elections Act as it read immediately before the date on which the nomination contest began. Bill C-50 (3) Despite subsection (1), if Bill C-50, introduced in the 1st session of the 42nd Parliament and entitled An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (political financing) (in this subsection referred to as the “other Act”) receives royal assent, and if the other Act comes into force before the day on which section 282 comes into force but both the other Act and that section come into force during the same nomination contest, then the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which the other Act comes into force, applies with respect to that nomination contest and all related obligations, including obligations to report.
§ CEA s. 387Coming into force during nomination contest
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