402. The authorization granted to an independent candidate expires on 31 December of the second calendar year following the year of the election unless it is withdrawn before then.
The authorization of an independent candidate who was elected and who has not, by that date, discharged all the debts contracted during the term of his authorization expires on the date the financial report establishing that all the debts have been discharged is filed.
1987, c. 57, s. 402; 2016, c. 172016, c. 17, s. 5811.