457.2. No person may incur expenses described in paragraph 13 of section 404 unless the person has been issued an authorization in accordance with this division.
Only an elector or a group not endowed with legal personality and composed in the majority of natural persons who are qualified electors may apply for authorization as a private intervenor.
An authorized political party that presents no candidate at a general election or a by-election and wishes to intervene as private intervenor must notify the Chief Electoral Officer. It is deemed to hold an authorization from the Chief Electoral Officer as a private intervenor from the date of receipt of the notification and the Chief Electoral Officer shall issue an authorization number to it.
Sections 457.7 to 457.9 and 457.13 to 457.21 and the second paragraph of section 559 apply to the party, with the necessary modifications. For the purposes of those provisions, the leader of the party is deemed to be the elector representing the private intervenor referred to in the last paragraph of section 457.4.
An authorized political party that availed itself of sections 419 and 420 during an election period may not obtain the status of private intervenor during that period.
1998, c. 52, s. 77; 2004, c. 36, s. 3; 2008, c. 22, s. 72.