404. The chief electoral officer may withdraw the authorization of a party or independent candidate which or who fails to make an appointment required under subdivisions 3 to 5 of Division II, to furnish the information required for the purposes of the updating of the register as provided in section 424 or to give the Chief Electoral Officer access to all the books, accounts and documents relating to the party’s or candidate’s financial business, which or who contravenes Division IV or V, or whose official representative contravenes Division VI. In addition, the Chief Electoral Officer must withdraw the authorization of a party which does not comply with section 399.2 and may withdraw the authorization of a party which does not provide the information required under section 399.3.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, the failure or contravention of a mandatary is deemed to be a failure or contravention of the party or of the candidate.
1987, c. 57, s. 404; 2009, c. 11, s. 46; 2011, c. 5, s. 32.