(1) If section 313 comes into force during a leadership contest, the Canada Elections Act , as it read immediately before the day on which that section comes into force, applies with respect to that leadership contest and all related obligations, including obligations to report. Prior leadership contests (2) All obligations arising out of any leadership contest that took place before the day on which section 313 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 day on which the leadership 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 313 comes into force but both the other Act and that section come into force during the same leadership 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 leadership contest and all related obligations, including obligations to report.
§ CEA s. 388Coming into force during leadership contest
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