Section 20
Section 20
(1)
Subject to such exception as may be allowed in pursuance of this Act, no sum shall be paid and no expense shall be incurred by a candidate at any election or by his election agent, after the date of publication of the notice of the election in the Gazette, during, or after an election, on account of or in respect of the conduct or management of such election, in excess of $5,000 or of an amount equal to 10 cents for each elector on the register or list of the consti-tuency, electoral ward or electoral district, whichever amount shall be the larger:
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Provided that there shall not be included in such amount any expenditure incurred by the candidate for his personal expenses, nor the fee, if any, paid to the election agent not exceeding $500.
(2)
Any candidate or election agent who knowingly acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an illegal practice.
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No payment or contract for payment shall, for Cert~in ex-h f
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f pendtture to t e purpose o promoting or procunng t e e ect10n o a be illegal candidate at any election, be made practice
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on account of the conveyance of electors or voters to or from the poll, whether for the hiring of vehicles, vessels or animals of transport of any kind whatsoever, or for railway fares, or other-wise; or
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to or with an elector or voter on account of the use of any house, land, building, or premises for the exhibition of any address, bill, notice or on account of the exhibition of any address, bill or notice.
(2)
Subject to such exception as may be allowed in pursuance of this Act, if any payment or contract for pay-ment is knowingly made in contravention of this section either before, during, or after an election, the person mak-ing such payment or contract shall be guilty of an illegal practice, and any person receiving such payment or being a party to any such contract, knowing the same to be in con-travention of this section, shall also be guilty of an illegal practice.
(3)
A person shall not let, lend, or employ for the purpose of conveyance of electors or voters to and from the poll any vehicle, vessel or animal of transport of any kind whatsoever which he keeps or uses for the purpose of letting
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( 4) A person shall not hire, borrow or use for the purpose of conveyance of electors or voters to and from the poll any vehicle, vessel or animal of transport of any kind whatsoever which he knows the owner thereof is prohibited by subsection (3) of this section to let, lend, or employ for that purpose, and if he does so he shall be guilty of an illegal practice.
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Nothing in subsection (3) or subsection (4) of this section shaH prevent a vehicle, vessel or animal of transport of any kind being let to, or hired, employed, or used by an elector or voter or several electors or voters at their joint cost for the purpose of being conveyed to or from the poll.
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Notwithstanding anything in the preceding provi-sions of this section -
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where it is the ordinary business of an elec-tor or voter as an advertising agent to exhibit for payment bills and advertisements, a payment to or contract with such elector or voter, if made in the ordinary course of business, shall not be deemed to be an illegal practice within the meaning of this section;
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where electors or voters are unable at an election to reach their polling stations from their place of residence without crossing the sea or a branch or arm thereof or a river, means may be provided for conveying such electors or voters to their polling stations, or to enable them to cross the river in order to reach their polling stations, and the amount of payment for such means of con-
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Provided always that such means of conveyance shall be made available equally to all such electors or voters who wish to avail themselves thereof.