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(b) an agent of the candidate;
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(c) political party campaign financing committee; and
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(d) referendum campaign financing committee. (1A) The political party campaign financing committee referred to in subsection (1)(c) shall consist of persons nominated by the governing body of that political party, three of whom shall be signatories to the party campaign financing account. (1B) The referendum campaign financing committee referred to in subsection (1)(d) shall consist of persons nominated by the referendum committee established under section 51(1) of the Elections Act, three of whom shall be signatories to the referendum campaign financing account. (1C) A candidate, a political party or a referendum campaign financing committee shall, as soon as reasonable, notify ...
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(c) in sub-clause (2), by— (i) deleting the word “committees” and substituting therefor the words “authorized persons”; (ii) deleting the word “three” in paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the word “eight”;
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(d) by deleting sub-clause (3) and substituting therefor the following new sub-clause— “(3) Each of the authorized persons referred to in subsection (1) shall open a campaign financing account and shall submit details of that account to the Commission at the time of registration under subsection (2)”;
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(e) by deleting sub-clause (4) and substituting therefor the following new sub-clause— “(4) There shall be deposited into the campaign financing account referred to in subsection (3)— (a) contributions by a candidate; (b) contributions by a political party; (c) contributions received from any other lawful source”;
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(f) by deleting sub-clauses (5), (6) and (7).
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Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. On Clause 6, the Committee starts by proposing an amendment on the marginal notes. Instead of the words, “Expenditure committees”, we have the words, “Authorized persons”. The The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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Committee did not approve the idea of “Expenditure committees”; especially in the person of a candidate, or in place of a candidate. Therefore, we now want to have the definition of the “authorized person” under the same Clause 6. Clause 6(1) will be substituted with a new sub-clause. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, in looking at this proposal, we did consider in detail the issue of having a committee to regulate the funds of an individual, especially where candidates fund themselves 100 per cent. So, what we agreed upon was this definition that covers candidates or a law that appoints one ...
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lawful source. In the subsequent amendments, we will come to the provisions relating to contributions. After looking at all these matters, the Committee proposed deletions of Clauses 5, 6, and 7 because these matters have already been taken care of in the amendments that have been proposed in Clause 6. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir.
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