E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities

Section 498 Disposition versions

2017-01-01

498. The official agent of an authorized party shall, as soon as practicable after the filing of his return of election expenses, remit to the official representative the sums remaining in his election fund and the goods in his possession all or part of the cost of which constitutes an election expense.

After the filing of the return of election expenses, the official representative of an authorized independent candidate shall keep, in that capacity, the sums remaining in the election fund and the goods that are in his possession in his capacity as official agent and all or part of the cost of which constitutes an election expense.

He may, in particular, use the sums or the proceeds from the disposition of the goods, provided a fair price was obtained, to pay or cause the treasurer to pay a claim that, pursuant to subdivision 3 of Division V, may be paid after the filing of the return of election expenses.

Any balance of the sums referred to in the second paragraph and of the proceeds from the disposition of the goods referred to therein remaining on 31 December of the calendar year following that of polling day, shall be remitted to the treasurer to be deposited into the general fund of the municipality. The goods referred to in the said paragraph that are in the possession on that date of the official representative belong and shall be remitted to the municipality.

1987, c. 57, s. 498; 2016, c. 17, s. 79.

1988-01-01

498. The official agent of an authorized party shall, as soon as practicable after the filing of his return of election expenses, remit to the official representative the sums remaining in his election fund and the goods in his possession all or part of the cost of which constitutes an election expense.

After the filing of the return of election expenses, the official representative of an authorized independent candidate shall keep, in that capacity, the sums remaining in the election fund and the goods that are in his possession in his capacity as official agent and all or part of the cost of which constitutes an election expense.

The official representative of an authorized independent candidate may, until 31 December of the calendar year following that of polling day or, as the case may be, until the date of withdrawal of authorization if earlier, dispose of the sums and goods referred to in the second paragraph for political, religious, scientific or charitable purposes. He may, in particular, use the sums or the proceeds from the disposition of the goods, provided a fair price was obtained, to pay or cause the treasurer to pay a claim that, pursuant to subdivision 3 of Division V, may be paid after the filing of the return of election expenses.

Any balance of the sums referred to in the second paragraph and of the proceeds from the disposition of the goods referred to therein remaining on 31 December of the calendar year following that of polling day, shall be remitted to the treasurer to be deposited into the general fund of the municipality. The goods referred to in the said paragraph that are in the possession on that date of the official representative belong and shall be remitted to the municipality.

1987, c. 57, s. 498.