41. Every political party, party authority, independent Member or independent candidate wishing to solicit or collect contributions or to incur expenses or contract loans shall obtain an authorization from the Chief Electoral Officer in accordance with this chapter.
For the purposes of this Act, the expression “independent candidate” includes any person who, at the time of the person’s application for authorization, undertakes to run as an independent candidate.
For the purposes of this Act, an independent Member is a Member of the National Assembly who belongs to no authorized political party.
1989, c. 1, s. 41; 1998, c. 52, s. 5; 2008, c. 22, s. 8.