Election Offences Act · s 15

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15.
Election Offences
(1) Except as permitted by or in pursuance of this
Act, no payment and no advance or deposit shall be made by a candidate at an election, or by any agent on behalf of the candidate, or by any other person at any time, whether before, during, or after such election, in respect of any ex-penses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election otherwise than by or through the election agent of the candidate; and all money provided by any person other than the candidate for any expenses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or man-agement of the election, whether as gift, loan, advance, or deposit, shall be paid to the candidate or his election agent and not otherwise:
Provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to apply to any payment by the returning officer or to any sum disbursed by any person out of his own money for any small expense legally incurred by himself, if such sum is not repaid to him.
(2) A person who makes any payment, advance, or deposit in contravention of this section or pays in contraven-tion of this section any money so provided as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an illegal practice.

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s 15Election Offences

(1)

Except as permitted by or in pursuance of this

Act, no payment and no advance or deposit shall be made by a candidate at an election, or by any agent on behalf of the candidate, or by any other person at any time, whether before, during, or after such election, in respect of any ex-penses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election otherwise than by or through the election agent of the candidate; and all money provided by any person other than the candidate for any expenses incurred on account of or in respect of the conduct or man-agement of the election, whether as gift, loan, advance, or deposit, shall be paid to the candidate or his election agent and not otherwise:

Provided that the provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to apply to any payment by the returning officer or to any sum disbursed by any person out of his own money for any small expense legally incurred by himself, if such sum is not repaid to him.

(2)

A person who makes any payment, advance, or deposit in contravention of this section or pays in contraven-tion of this section any money so provided as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an illegal practice.