425. Every person to whom an amount is due for an election expense shall present his claim to the official agent within 60 days after polling day. No election expense may be paid by the official agent if the claim is presented to him after the expiry of the prescribed time.
Where the official agent has died or resigned and has not been replaced, the claim shall be presented within the same time limit to the leader of the party or to the candidate himself, as the case may be.
After the expiry of the time prescribed in the first paragraph, the creditor has 120 days to file his claim with the Chief Electoral Officer, failing which his claim is prescribed.