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C-64.1 - Referendum Act

Section 28
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28. (Repealed).
1978, c. 6, s. 28; 1982, c. 54, s. 42; 1984, c. 51, s. 535; 1984, c. 51, s. 561; 1989, c. 1, s. 589; 1992, c. 38, s. 89.
28. The following shall not be deemed regulated expenses:
(a)  the publishing in a newspaper or other periodical of editorials, news, reports or letters to the editor, provided that they are published in the same manner and under the same rules as outside the referendum period, without payment, reward or promise of payment or reward, that the newspaper or other periodical is not established for the purposes of the referendum or with a view to the referendum and that the circulation and frequency of publication thereof do not differ from what obtains outside the referendum period;
(b)  the transmission by a radio or television station of a broadcast of news or comment, provided that such broadcast be made in the same manner and under the same regulations as outside the referendum period, without payment, reward or promise of payment or of reward;
(c)  the reasonable expenses incurred by a person, out of his own money, for his lodging and food during a journey for the purposes of the referendum, if such expenses are not reimbursed to him;
(d)  the transportation costs of any person paid out of his own money, if such costs are not reimbursed to him;
(e)  the reasonable expenses incurred for the publication of explanatory commentaries on this Act and the special version of the Election Act (chapter E-3.3), provided that such commentaries are strictly objective and contain no publicity of such a nature as to favour or oppose an option submitted to the referendum;
(f)  the reasonable expenses usually incurred for the current operation of not more than two permanent offices of an authorized party the address of which is entered in the registers of the chief electoral officer;
(g)  interest accrued, between the beginning of the referendum period and the ninetieth day following polling day, on any loan lawfully granted to an official agent of a national committee for regulated expenses unless the official agent has paid the interest and declared them as regulated expenses in his return;
(h)  the expenditures, not greater than $300, incurred for holding a meeting, including the cost of renting a hall and the convening of participants, provided that such meeting is not directly or indirectly organized on behalf of a national committee.
For the purposes of subparagraph f of the first paragraph, the permanent office of an authorized party is the office where, in order to ensure dissemination of the political program of such party and to coordinate the political activity of its members, employees of the party or of a body associated therewith work on a permanent basis outside the referendum period, for the attainment of its objects, and which the leader of the party has recognized for such purpose by a letter sent to the chief electoral officer not over six days after the issue of the writs.
1978, c. 6, s. 28; 1982, c. 54, s. 42; 1984, c. 51, s. 535; 1984, c. 51, s. 561; 1989, c. 1, s. 589.
28. The following shall not be deemed regulated expenses:
(a)  the publishing in a newspaper or other periodical of editorials, news, reports or letters to the editor, provided that they are published in the same manner and under the same rules as outside the referendum period, without payment, reward or promise of payment or reward, that the newspaper or other periodical is not established for the purposes of the referendum or with a view to the referendum and that the circulation and frequency of publication thereof do not differ from what obtains outside the referendum period;
(b)  the transmission by a radio or television station of a broadcast of news or comment, provided that such broadcast be made in the same manner and under the same regulations as outside the referendum period, without payment, reward or promise of payment or of reward;
(c)  the reasonable expenses incurred by a person, out of his own money, for his lodging and food during a journey for the purposes of the referendum, if such expenses are not reimbursed to him;
(d)  the transportation costs of any person paid out of his own money, if such costs are not reimbursed to him;
(e)  the reasonable expenses incurred for the publication of explanatory commentaries on this Act and the special version of the Election Act (chapter E-3.2), provided that such commentaries are strictly objective and contain no publicity of such a nature as to favour or oppose an option submitted to the referendum;
(f)  the reasonable expenses usually incurred for the current operation of not more than two permanent offices of an authorized party the address of which is entered in the registers of the chief electoral officer;
(g)  interest accrued, between the beginning of the referendum period and the ninetieth day following polling day, on any loan lawfully granted to an official agent of a national committee for regulated expenses unless the official agent has paid the interest and declared them as regulated expenses in his return;
(h)  the expenditures, not greater than $300, incurred for holding a meeting, including the cost of renting a hall and the convening of participants, provided that such meeting is not directly or indirectly organized on behalf of a national committee.
For the purposes of subparagraph f of the first paragraph, the permanent office of an authorized party is the office where, in order to ensure dissemination of the political program of such party and to coordinate the political activity of its members, employees of the party or of a body associated therewith work on a permanent basis outside the referendum period, for the attainment of its objects, and which the leader of the party has recognized for such purpose by a letter sent to the chief electoral officer not over six days after the issue of the writs.
1978, c. 6, s. 28; 1982, c. 54, s. 42; 1984, c. 51, s. 535; 1984, c. 51, s. 561.
28. The following shall not be deemed regulated expenses:
(a)  the publishing in a newspaper or other periodical of editorials, news, reports or letters to the editor, provided that they are published in the same manner and under the same rules as outside the referendum period, without payment, reward or promise of payment or reward, that the newspaper or other periodical is not established for the purposes of the referendum or with a view to the referendum and that the circulation and frequency of publication thereof do not differ from what obtains outside the referendum period;
(b)  the transmission by a radio or television station of a broadcast of news or comment, provided that such broadcast be made in the same manner and under the same regulations as outside the referendum period, without payment, reward or promise of payment or of reward;
(c)  the reasonable expenses incurred by a person, out of his own money, for his lodging and food during a journey for the purposes of the referendum, if such expenses are not reimbursed to him;
(d)  the transportation costs of any person paid out of his own money, if such costs are not reimbursed to him;
(e)  the reasonable expenses incurred for the publication of explanatory commentaries on this act and the instructions issued under its authority, provided that such commentaries are strictly objective and contain no publicity of such a nature as to favour or oppose an option submitted to the referendum;
(f)  the reasonable expenses usually incurred for the current operation of the permanent office of an authorized party on the island of Montréal and in the city of Québec, if the leader of such party, before the seventh day following the issue of the writs, has given written notice to the director general of elections of the existence of such office, of its exact address and of any change of address;
(g)  interest accrued, from the day following the polling, on any loan lawfully granted to an official agent for regulated expense purposes;
(h)  the expenditures, not greater than $300, incurred for holding a meeting, including the cost of renting a hall and the convening of participants, provided that such meeting is not directly or indirectly organized on behalf of a national committee.
For the purposes of subparagraph f of the first paragraph, the permanent office of an authorized party is the office where, in order to ensure dissemination of the political program of such party and to coordinate the political activity of its members, employees of the party or of a body associated therewith work on a permanent basis outside the referendum period, for the attainment of its objects, and which the leader of the party has recognized for such purpose by a letter sent to the director general of elections not over six days after the issue of the writs.
1978, c. 6, s. 28; 1982, c. 54, s. 42.
28. The following shall not be deemed regulated expenses:
(a)  the publishing in a newspaper or other periodical of editorials, news, reports or letters to the editor, provided that they are published in the same manner and under the same rules as outside the referendum period, without payment, reward or promise of payment or reward, that the newspaper or other periodical is not established for the purposes of the referendum or with a view to the referendum and that the circulation and frequency of publication thereof do not differ from what obtains outside the referendum period;
(b)  the transmission by a radio or television station of a broadcast of news or comment, provided that such broadcast be made in the same manner and under the same regulations as outside the referendum period, without payment, reward or promise of payment or of reward;
(c)  the reasonable expenses incurred by a person, out of his own money, for his lodging and food during a journey for the purposes of the referendum, if such expenses are not reimbursed to him;
(d)  the transportation costs of any person paid out of his own money, if such costs are not reimbursed to him;
(e)  the reasonable expenses incurred for the publication of explanatory commentaries on this act and the instructions issued under its authority, provided that such commentaries are strictly objective and contain no publicity of such a nature as to favour or oppose an option submitted to the referendum;
(f)  the reasonable expenses usually incurred for the current operation of the permanent office of an authorized party on the island of Montréal and in the city of Québec, if the leader of such party, before the seventh day following the issue of the writs, has given written notice to the director general of the financing of political parties of the existence of such office, of its exact address and of any change of address;
(g)  interest accrued, from the day following the polling, on any loan lawfully granted to an official agent for regulated expense purposes;
(h)  the expenditures, not greater than $300, incurred for holding a meeting, including the cost of renting a hall and the convening of participants, provided that such meeting is not directly or indirectly organized on behalf of a national committee.
For the purposes of subparagraph f of the first paragraph, the permanent office of an authorized party is the office where, in order to ensure dissemination of the political programme of such party and to coordinate the political activity of its members, employees of the party or of a body associated therewith work on a permanent basis outside the referendum period, for the attainment of its objects, and which the leader of the party has recognized for such purpose by a letter sent to the director general of the financing of political parties before the seventh day following the issue of the writs.
1978, c. 6, s. 28.
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