What institution(s) has the power to impose non-criminal sanctions for campaign finance infractions?

Canada

Canada

Answer
Court of general jurisdiction (including Supreme Court)
Source

Canada Elections Act (published 2000-05-31, lastamended 2012-04-01), http://laws.justice.gc.ca/PDF/E-2.01.pdf

 

Article 501

[…]

(2) If a registered party,its chief agent or registered agent or one of its officers has been convictedof an offence referred to in subsection  (3),the court may, having regard to the nature of the offence and the circumstancessurrounding its commission, and in addition to any other punishment that may beimposed under

this Act, by order,

 a) direct the Chief Electoral Officer to deregisterthe party;

[…]

 

(3) For the purposes ofsubsection (2), the

provisions are:

 

[...]

(h) paragraph497(3)(k) (providing financial transactions return containing false ormisleading statement);

(i) subparagraph497(3)(m)(ii) (providing election expenses return containing false or misleadingstatement); and

(j) paragraph497(3)(v) (providing electoral campaign return containing false ormisleading statement or one that is incomplete).

 

Comment

Campaign financerelated infractions are mainly considered as criminal offences (Article 497 of Canada Elections Act). However,court may also order to deregister political parties if they provide false ormisleading statements related to election campaign expenses (Article 501 of Canada Elections Act). 

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