414. In no case may an official agent or his deputy pay the cost of any election expense otherwise than out of an election fund.
No sums of money other than those held in accordance with Title III by an authorized entity may be paid into the election fund put at the disposal of an official agent.
The official agent shall deposit the sums paid into the election fund put at his disposal in an account at a Québec branch of a bank, authorized trust company or financial services cooperative. The account shall be separate from that of the official representative.
Any election expense that has been paid by the official representative or his delegate in accordance with section 403, 419 or 420 is deemed to have been paid out of an election fund.
1989, c. 1, s. 414; 1992, c. 38, s. 61; 2001, c. 2, s. 39; 2000, c. 29, s. 649; 2018, c. 23, s. 762; 2021, c. 372021, c. 37, s. 1161.