440. Where a creditor files his claim with the Chief Electoral Officer within the time prescribed in the third paragraph of section 425 and the sums remitted to him by the official agent to discharge the claim are insufficient, the Chief Electoral Officer shall inform the official agent of that fact without delay; the official agent may contest that claim, in which case sections 445 and 446 apply.
If the claim is not contested by the official agent, the official representative of the authorized party authority at the level of the electoral division or of the party, as the case may be, shall forward to the Chief Electoral Officer the necessary additional sum to enable him to discharge the claim.