Versions of s. 330(1)

E-2.01 — Canada Elections Act · 3 versions · View current text

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

2026-06-18 to present available View Source

No person shall, with intent to influence persons to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular ~~candidate~~candidate, potential candidate, nomination contestant, leadership contestant, registered party or ~~registered~~eligible party, at an election, nomination contest or leadership contest, use a broadcasting station outside Canada, or aid, abet, counsel or procure the use of a broadcasting station outside Canada, ~~during an election period,~~ for the broadcasting of any matter having reference to an ~~election.~~election, nomination contest or leadership contest.

Full text

No person shall, with intent to influence persons to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate, potential candidate, nomination contestant, leadership contestant, registered party or eligible party, at an election, nomination contest or leadership contest, use a broadcasting station outside Canada, or aid, abet, counsel or procure the use of a broadcasting station outside Canada, for the broadcasting of any matter having reference to an election, nomination contest or leadership contest.
2019-01-19 to 2026-06-18 View Source

No person shall, with intent to influence persons to vote or refrain from ~~voting~~voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at an election, ~~use,~~use a broadcasting station outside Canada, or aid, abet, counsel or procure the use of a broadcasting station outside Canada, during an election period, for the broadcasting of any matter having reference to an election.

Full text

No person shall, with intent to influence persons to vote or refrain from voting, or to vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate or registered party, at an election, use a broadcasting station outside Canada, or aid, abet, counsel or procure the use of a broadcasting station outside Canada, during an election period, for the broadcasting of any matter having reference to an election.
2003-01-01 to 2019-01-19 View Source

No person shall, with intent to influence persons to vote or refrain from voting or vote or refrain from voting for a particular candidate at an election, use, aid, abet, counsel or procure the use of a broadcasting station outside Canada, during an election period, for the broadcasting of any matter having reference to an election.