E-3.2 - Election Act

Section 317 Disposition versions

1985-03-13

317. Sums of money donated to a political party, a party authority or a candidate and services rendered and goods furnished to them free of charge for political purposes are deemed to be contributions.

The following are not considered contributions:

(1)  volunteer work and the goods or services produced by such work;

(2)  anonymous donations collected at a meeting or manifestation held for political purposes;

(3)  amounts paid to a political party under any Act, reimbursements and advances on reimbursements contemplated in Chapter III of this title;

(4)  a loan granted for political purposes by an elector or a financial institution contemplated in section 376 at the current rate of interest on the market at the time it is granted, or a guarantee granted by an elector as surety;

(5)  an annual amount of not over $25 paid by a natural person as dues of membership in a political party;

(6)  at the option of the official representative of an authorized entity, an entrance fee to a political activity or manifestation, where the fee is not over $50.

1984, c. 51, s. 317.