39Payment of expenses at an election through election agent.N.I.
(1)Except as permitted by section forty, or in pursuance of section forty-three or section forty-four, no payment and no advance or deposit shall be made by a candidate or by any agent on behalf of the candidate or by any other person at any time in respect of expenses at [F1 an election] otherwise than by or through the election agent of the candidate.
(2)Every payment made by an election agent in respect of any expenses at [F1 an election] shall, except where less than [F2 £2], be vouched for by a bill stating the particulars and by a receipt.[F3 At a local election, this subsection shall have effect as if for the words '£2' there were substituted the words '£20'.]
(3)The references in the foregoing provisions of this section to an election agent shall, in relation to [F1 an election] where sub-agents are allowed, be construed as references to the election agent acting by himself or by a sub-agent.
(4)All money provided by any person other than the candidate for any expenses at [F1 an election], whether as gift, loan, advance or deposit, shall be paid to the candidate or his election agent and not otherwise.
(5)The foregoing provisions of this section shall not be deemed to apply to any sum disbursed by any person out of his own money for any small expense legally incurred by him if the sum is not repaid to him.