467. Every person to whom an amount is due for election expenses shall present his claim to the official agent within 60 days after polling day.
Where the offices of official agent and official representative are vacant the claim shall be presented within the same time to the leader of the party or to the independent candidate himself, as the case may be.
No claim presented after the expiry of the prescribed time may be paid by the official agent or, as the case may be, by the leader of the party or the independent candidate. The claim shall in that case be presented to the treasurer within 120 days after the expiry of the prescribed time, failing which the claim is prescribed.