453. Where, on the receipt of the results of the addition of the votes, the chief electoral officer is satisfied that a candidate is entitled to a reimbursement under section 458 and has received no advance on the reimbursement of election expenses under section 451, he shall, without delay, pay an advance on the reimbursement equal to 35% of the maximum election expenses fixed in the second paragraph of section 430 for the electoral division concerned.
The payment is made jointly to the candidate and his official representative in the case of an authorized independent candidate, or in the case of the candidate of an authorized party, jointly to the candidate and the official representative of the party authority at the level of the electoral division concerned; failing such an authority, the payment is made jointly to the candidate and the official representative of the party.