441. On filing the return prescribed in section 432 or 434, the official agent of an authorized party or of a candidate of an authorized party shall remit the sums or goods remaining in his election fund to the official representative of the party or of the party authority at the level of the electoral division, as the case may be. The official agent of an independent candidate who was elected shall remit such sums to the candidate’s official representative.
In the case of the official agent of an authorized independent candidate who was not elected, he shall keep the remaining sums or goods in his election fund. The sums and goods may be used only for political, religious, scientific or charitable purposes.
1989, c. 1, s. 441; 1998, c. 52, s. 74.