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Versions of s. 164(1)

E-2.01 — Canada Elections Act · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2019-06-13 to present available View Source
    EveryIt candidate,is the duty of the election officerofficers orwho representative of a candidateare present at athe polling station orto atdraw the countingattention of any elector to an offence that the voteselector commits in contravening any of paragraphs 281.6(3)(a) to (c) and to the punishment to which the elector is liable, but the elector shall maintainbe allowed to vote in the secrecyusual ofway theif vote.he or she has not already done so.
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    It is the duty of the election officers who are present at the polling station to draw the attention of any elector to an offence that the elector commits in contravening any of paragraphs 281.6(3)(a) to (c) and to the punishment to which the elector is liable, but the elector shall be allowed to vote in the usual way if he or she has not already done so.

  2. 2003-01-01 to 2019-06-13 View Source

    Every candidate, election officer or representative of a candidate present at a polling station or at the counting of the votes shall maintain the secrecy of the vote.