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56. Subsection 267(2) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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practice
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(2) Any candidate at an election or the
official agent of a candidate who contravenes
paragraph 71.34(a), (b), (e) or (f) or section
250, 252, 253 or 260 is guilty of a corrupt
practice.
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s. 116
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57. (1) Subsection 280(1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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280. (1) Each returning officer shall, as
directed by the Chief Electoral Officer,
establish, in his or her electoral district,
advance polling districts that group polling
divisions.
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districts
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(1.1) The returning officer shall give the
Chief Electoral Officer a description of each
advance polling district that has been
established.
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s. 116
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(2) Subsection 280(3) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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advance
polling
districts
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(3) Where a request is made to a returning
officer not later than four days after the date of
issue of the writ, the returning officer may,
with the prior permission of the Chief
Electoral Officer, combine any two advance
polling districts in the returning officer's
electoral district.
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(3) Subsection 280(5) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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advance
polling station
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(5) Any request for the establishment of an
advance polling station in a place not
specifically provided for in subsection (2)
shall be made to the returning officer not later
than four days after a writ has been issued for
an election and thereupon the returning officer
may, with the prior permission of the Chief
Electoral Officer, provide for the
establishment of an advance polling station at
that place.
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58. The Act is amended by adding the
following after section 280:
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advance
polling station
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280.1 (1) Every elector whose name is not
on the list of electors may register in person
before the deputy returning officer in the
advance polling station where the elector is
qualified to vote.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), an elector
referred to in subsection (1) may not register
unless the elector provides proof of his or her
identity and address by documents of a class
determined by the Chief Electoral Officer.
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divisions
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(3) In the case of an elector referred to in
subsection (1) who resides in a rural polling
division, the elector may also register if an
elector who ordinarily resides in the same
polling division as the elector and whose name
appears on the list of electors attends with the
elector at the polling station and vouches for
the elector under oath in the prescribed form
and if the elector also takes an oath in the
prescribed form.
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certificate
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(4) Where the elector satisfies the
requirements of subsection (2) or (3), the
deputy returning officer shall complete a
registration certificate in the prescribed form
and the elector shall sign it.
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(5) The deputy returning officer shall
indicate on the prescribed form the names of
the electors who are permitted to vote
pursuant to this section.
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(6) Every elector is guilty of an illegal
practice and of an offence who vouches for an
applicant elector knowing that the applicant is
for any reason disqualified from voting in the
polling division at the election.
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to be modified
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280.2 Where a registration certificate is
delivered in accordance with section 280.1,
the list of electors is deemed, for the purposes
of this Act, to have been modified in
accordance with the certificate.
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59. Section 281 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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conducted as
ordinary polls
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281. (1) Except as provided in this section
and sections 280, 280.1, 280.2, 282, 285 and
286 to 290, advance polls shall be established,
held, conducted and officered in the same
manner as ordinary polling stations, and shall
be regarded as such for all purposes of this
Act.
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advance polls
to be open
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(2) Advance polls shall be open between the
hours of 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. of Friday,
Saturday and Monday, the tenth, ninth and
seventh days before the ordinary polling day,
and shall not be open at any other time.
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s. 117
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60. The portion of section 282 of the Act
before paragraph (a) is replaced by the
following:
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| Notice of
advance poll
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282. Each returning officer shall, not later
than Saturday, the sixteenth day before polling
day,
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61. Section 283 of the Act is renumbered
as subsection 283(1) and is amended by
adding the following:
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allowed to
vote
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(2) An elector shall not be allowed to vote
if the elector's name does not appear on the
revised list of electors, unless
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identity
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(3) An elector referred to in paragraph
(2)(a) shall be allowed to vote only if the
elector has provided the deputy returning
officer with satisfactory proof of the elector's
identity.
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poll clerk
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(4) Where an elector whose name does not
appear on the revised list of electors has voted,
the poll clerk shall indicate on the prescribed
form that the elector has voted without the
elector's name being on the list.
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62. Subsection 287(1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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| Collecting of
Record of
Votes Cast at
an Advance
Poll
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287. (1) As soon as possible after the close
of advance polls at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, the
seventh day before the ordinary polling day,
the returning officer shall cause to be collected
the original copy of the Record of Votes Cast
at an Advance Poll, in the most expeditious
manner available, from the deputy returning
officer of every advance polling station
established in his or her electoral district.
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63. Subsection 290(4) of the Act is
repealed.
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s. 124(1)
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64. Subsection 302(2) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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(2) No person shall be appointed as a
returning officer, assistant returning officer,
deputy returning officer, poll clerk, revising
agent, registration officer or central poll
supervisor unless the person is qualified as an
elector in the electoral district in which the
person is to act.
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65. Subsections 315(1) to (3) of the Act are
replaced by the following:
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| Notice of
preference by
party
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315. (1) Each registered party and each
political party entitled to purchase
broadcasting time under this Act shall, not
later than ten days after the issue of the writs
for a general election, send a notice in writing
to each broadcaster and each network operator
from whom it intends to purchase
broadcasting time setting out its preference as
to the proportion of commercial time and of
program time to be made available to it, and
the days on which and the hours in which that
time as so proportioned is to be made available
but at no time shall that party obtain
broadcasting time before the fifth day after the
notice is received by the broadcaster.
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to reach
agreement
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(2) Every broadcaster or network operator
who receives a notice referred to in subsection
(1) shall, within two days after its receipt,
consult with representatives of the registered
party or political party that sent the notice for
the purpose of reaching an agreement on the
requests contained in it.
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agreement
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(3) Where no agreement is reached under
subsection (2) within two days after the
commencement of the consultation required
by that subsection, the matter shall be referred
to the Broadcasting Arbitrator who shall
forthwith decide on the requests and give
notice of his or her decision to the broadcaster
or network operator and the representatives of
the registered party or political party that
made the requests.
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66. The portion of section 317 of the Act
before paragraph (a) is replaced by the
following:
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Arbitrator to
issue
guidelines
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317. The Broadcasting Arbitrator shall, not
later than three days after the issue of writs for
a general election, issue to all broadcasters
and network operators
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67. Section 318 of the Act is replaced by
the following:
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provide
guidelines to
Arbitrator
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318. The Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission shall, not
later than two days after the issue of writs for
a general election, prepare and send to the
Broadcasting Arbitrator a set of guidelines
respecting the applicability of the
Broadcasting Act and the regulations made
thereunder to the conduct of broadcasters and
network operators in relation to a general
election.
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Supp.), s. 203
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68. Subsection 326(1) of the Act is
replaced by the following:
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whom
administered
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326. (1) Where, in this Act, any oath,
solemn affirmation, affidavit or statutory
declaration is authorized or directed to be
made, taken or administered, it shall be
administered by the person who by this Act is
expressly required to administer it and, if no
particular person is required to administer it,
then by the Chief Electoral Officer or a person
designated by the Chief Electoral Officer in
writing, the judge of any court, the returning
officer, the assistant returning officer, a
postmaster, a deputy returning officer, a poll
clerk, a notary public, a provincial court
judge, a justice of the peace or a commissioner
for taking affidavits in the province.
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s. 126
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69. Subsections 12(3) to (6) of Schedule II
to the Act are repealed.
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s. 126
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70. Section 20 of Schedule II to the Act is
replaced by the following:
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| Qualification
to vote
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20. Every Canadian citizen, other than a
Canadian Forces elector, who resides
temporarily outside Canada and who is not
subject to any disqualification set out in
section 51 of the Act is qualified to vote at an
election in accordance with these Rules if that
person's application for registration and
special ballot is received by 6:00 p.m. on the
sixth day before polling day and the person's
name is entered in the registry referred to in
section 21.
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71. (1) Section 22 of Schedule II to the Act
is renumbered as subsection 22(1) and is
amended by adding the following after
paragraph (d):
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(2) Section 22 of Schedule II to the Act is
amended by adding the following after
subsection (1):
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information
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(2) In addition to the information referred to
in subsection (1), the Chief Electoral Officer
may invite the elector to give any other
information that the Chief Electoral Officer
considers necessary for implementing
agreements made under section 71.024 of the
Act, but the elector is not required to give it.
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s. 126
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72. Section 33 of Schedule II to the Act is
replaced by the following:
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| Deadline
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33. The special ballot must arrive at the
office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Ottawa
not later than 6:00 p.m. on polling day in order
to be counted.
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s. 126
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73. Section 34 of Schedule II to the Act is
replaced by the following:
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| Elector
qualified to
vote pursuant
to Rules
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34. Every Canadian citizen who is resident
within Canada other than a Canadian Forces
elector, and who is not subject to any
disqualification set out in section 51 of the Act
is qualified to vote at an election in
accordance with these Rules if that person's
application for registration and special ballot
in the prescribed form is received between the
date of issue of the writs and 6:00 p.m. on the
sixth day before polling day.
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74. (1) Subsection 37(1) of Schedule II to
the Act is amended by adding the following
after paragraph (b):
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(2) Section 37 of Schedule II to the Act is
amended by adding the following after
subsection (1):
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information
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(1.1) In addition to the information referred
to in subsection (1), the Chief Electoral
Officer may invite the elector to give any other
information that the Chief Electoral Officer
considers necessary for implementing
agreements made under section 71.024 of the
Act, but the elector is not required to give it.
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s 126
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75. Paragraphs 43(a) and (b) of Schedule
II to the Act are replaced by the following:
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| 1993, c. 19,
s. 126
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76. Section 46 of Schedule II to the Act is
repealed.
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| 1993, c. 19,
s. 126
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77. The portion of subsection 49(1) of
Schedule II to the Act before paragraph (a)
is replaced by the following:
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| Applications
to be
completed
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49. (1) Prior to the tenth day before ordinary
polling day, the appropriate liaison officers
shall cause to be completed applications for
registration and special ballot in the
prescribed form for every eligible elector of
the correctional institution, indicating the
elector's surname, given names, sex and date
of birth, and the city, town, village or other
place in Canada, with street address, if any,
province and postal code in which is situated
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| 1993, c. 19,
s. 126
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78. Section 57 of Schedule II to the Act is
replaced by the following:
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| Duties of
coordinating
officers
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57. The coordinating officer shall, on
request, send to the Chief Electoral Officer the
following information relating to each
Canadian Forces elector:
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| 1993, c. 19,
s. 126
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79. The portion of subsection 61(2) of
Schedule II to the Act before paragraph (a)
is replaced by the following:
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| Lists arranged
in alphabetical
order, etc.
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(2) The lists prepared pursuant to
subsection (1) shall be arranged
alphabetically as to names and shall contain,
in the case of an elector, the surname, given
names, sex and rank, and
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| 1993, c. 19,
s. 126
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80. Paragraph 67(1)(c) of Schedule II to
the Act is replaced by the following:
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| 1993, c. 19,
s. 126
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81. Section 74 of Schedule II to the Act is
repealed.
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| 1993, c. 19,
s. 126
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82. Subsection 80(1) of Schedule II to the
Act is replaced by the following:
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| Appointment
of deputy
returning
officers
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80. (1) Before the eighteenth day before
polling day, each returning officer in whose
electoral district a correctional institution is
situated, in cooperation with the liaison
officer, shall appoint a sufficient number of
persons in each institution to act as deputy
returning officers and poll clerks to take the
votes of electors.
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| 1993, c. 19,
s. 126
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83. Subsection 84(2) of Schedule II to the
Act is replaced by the following:
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| Dispatch of
outer
envelopes
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(2) All outer envelopes containing votes
cast in correctional institutions shall be
dispatched to the special voting rules
administrator by the liaison officer to be
received by the special voting rules
administrator in Ottawa no later than 6:00
p.m. on polling day.
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| 1993, c. 19,
s. 126
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84. Section 89 of Schedule II to the Act is
replaced by the following:
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| Deadline for
receipt of
ballot papers
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89. Only ballot papers received in Ottawa
by the special voting rules administrator
before 6:00 p.m. on polling day may be
counted.
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| 1993, c. 19,
s. 126
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85. Paragraph 90(1)(c) of Schedule II to
the Act is replaced by the following:
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