11Breaches of prohibitions on political advertising

11 Breaches of prohibitions on political advertising

11 Breaches of prohibitions on political advertising

(1) If the content or other circumstances of a Government advertising campaign constitute a breach of the requirements of section 6 or regulations made under that section, the cost of the campaign is payable by the governing party at the time the campaign commenced and may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown.

(2) If there was more than one governing party at that time each party is jointly and severally liable for the cost. However, as between themselves they are each liable only for the part of the cost that is proportionate to the proportion that the number of seats each party holds in the Legislative Assembly bears to the total number of seats held in the Legislative Assembly by all the governing parties.

(3) A governing party that pays more than its proportionate part of the cost of a Government advertising campaign has the right to recover the excess from another governing party.

(4) This section is subject to section 13.