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Versions of s. 514(1)

E-2.01 — Canada Elections Act · 5 versions · View current text

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

  1. 2026-06-18 to present available View Source
    Proceedings in respect of an offence under a provision set out in subsection 500(1) — or in respect of a conspiracy to commit, an attempt to commit, being an accessory after the fact in relation to, or any counselling in relation to, such an offence — may be commenced at any time within, but not later than, six years after the day on which the subject-mattersubject matter of the proceedings arose.
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    Proceedings in respect of an offence under a provision set out in subsection 500(1) — or in respect of a conspiracy to commit, an attempt to commit, being an accessory after the fact in relation to, or any counselling in relation to, such an offence — may be commenced at any time within, but not later than, six years after the day on which the subject matter of the proceedings arose.

  2. 2014-06-19 to 2026-06-18 View Source
    AProceedings prosecutionin forrespect of an offence under thisa Actprovision set out in subsection 500(1) may be institutedcommenced at any time within, but not later thanthan, fivesix years after the day on which the Commissioner became awaresubject-matter of the factsproceedings giving rise to the prosecution but, in any case, not later than 10 years after the day on which the offence was committed.arose.
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    Proceedings in respect of an offence under a provision set out in subsection 500(1) may be commenced at any time within, but not later than, six years after the day on which the subject-matter of the proceedings arose.

  3. 2006-12-12 to 2014-06-19 View Source
    A prosecution for an offence under this Act mustmay be instituted withinat 18any monthstime but not later than five years after the day on which the Commissioner becomesbecame aware of the facts giving rise to the prosecution andbut, in any case, not later than seven10 years after the day on which the offence was committed.
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    A prosecution for an offence under this Act may be instituted at any time but not later than five years after the day on which the Commissioner became aware of the facts giving rise to the prosecution but, in any case, not later than 10 years after the day on which the offence was committed.

  4. 2004-01-01 to 2006-12-12 View Source
    A prosecution for an offence under this Act must be instituted within eighteen18 months after the day on which the Commissioner becomes aware of the facts giving rise to the prosecution and not later than seven years after the day on which the offence was committed.
    Full text

    A prosecution for an offence under this Act must be instituted within 18 months after the day on which the Commissioner becomes aware of the facts giving rise to the prosecution and not later than seven years after the day on which the offence was committed.

  5. 2003-01-01 to 2004-01-01 View Source

    A prosecution for an offence under this Act must be instituted within eighteen months after the day on which the offence was committed.