F-2 - Act to govern the financing of political parties

Section 1 Disposition versions

1982-06-30

1. In this Act, unless otherwise required by the context,

“contribution” means money donated to a political party, a riding association or a candidate, or services rendered or goods furnished to them free of charge, for political purposes;

“election officer”, in addition to its ordinary meaning, means an enumerator, a revisor or the secretary of the board of revisors; however, a revisor is an election officer only during enumeration and the preparation of the electoral lists;

“election period” means the period commencing on the day of issue of the writ instituting the holding of an election and ending on polling day;

“elector” means a person who

(1)  is eighteen years of age;

(2)  is a Canadian citizen;

(3)  has been domiciled in Québec for at least twelve months; and

(4)  is not under any disqualification to vote by virtue of the Election Act (chapter E-3.1) nor under any other legal disqualification;

“independent candidate” means a person who, from the day of the issue of a writ instituting the holding of an election, declares to the director general his intention to be an independent candidate in an electoral division;

“party authority” means the organization of a political party at the level of an electoral division, of a region or of Québec;

“permanent office of an authorized party” means the office where, with a view to propagating the political program of an authorized party and coordinating the political action of its members, employees of the party or of an agency associated with it work full time, outside the election period, to attain the party’s objectives.

1977, c. 11, s. 1; 1979, c. 56, s. 294, s. 308; 1982, c. 31, s. 2.

1980-07-10

1. In this chapter, unless otherwise required by the context,

(a)  “official agent” means the person acting as official agent in accordance with Chapter II;

(b)  “district association” or “association” means an association of persons supporting an authorized political party in an electoral division;

(c)  “authorized association”, “authorized party” and “authorized candidate” mean an association, a party or a candidate authorized by the director general;

(d)  “independent candidate” means the person who, from the day of the issue of the writs for a general election, declares to the director general his intention to be an independent candidate in an electoral district at that election or who, from the day a writ is issued for an election in an electoral district, declares to the director general his intention to be an independent candidate at that election;

(e)  “official candidate” means the candidate who has attached to his nomination paper a letter of the leader of an authorized party recognizing him as the candidate of that party and confirming his affiliation with that party;

(f)  “contribution” means money donated to a political party, a district association or an independent candidate, or services rendered or goods furnished to them free of charge, for political purposes;

(g)  “expenditure” means any expense made for political purposes by a political party, an association or a candidate;

(h)  “director general” means the director general of financing of political parties appointed under section 4;

(i)  “elector” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Election Act (chapter E-3.1), but the words “on the date fixed for the polling” are replaced by the words “at the time when he makes a contribution” ;

(j)  “party authority” means the organization of a political party at the level of an electoral division, of a region or of Québec.

1977, c. 11, s. 1; 1979, c. 56, s. 294, s. 308.

1977-12-31

1. In this chapter, unless otherwise required by the context,

(a)  “official agent” means the person acting as official agent in accordance with Chapter II;

(b)  “district association” or “association” means an association of persons supporting an authorized political party in an electoral district;

(c)  “authorized association”, “authorized party” and “authorized candidate” mean an association, a party or a candidate authorized by the director general;

(d)  “independent candidate” means the person who, from the day of the issue of the writs for a general election, declares to the director general his intention to be an independent candidate in an electoral district at that election or who, from the day a writ is issued for an election in an electoral district, declares to the director general his intention to be an independent candidate at that election;

(e)  “official candidate” has the same meaning as in the Election Act (chapter E-3);

(f)  “contribution” means money donated to a political party, a district association or an independent candidate, or services rendered or goods furnished to them free of charge, for political purposes;

(g)  “expenditure” means any expense made for political purposes by a political party, an association or a candidate;

(h)  “director general” means the director general of financing of political parties appointed under section 4;

(i)  “elector” has the same meaning as in the Election Act;

(j)  “party authority” means the organization of a political party at the level of an electoral district, of a region or of Québec.

1977, c. 11, s. 1.