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| Two or more
referenda
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55. Two or more referenda may be held
under this Act on the same day.
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| Electronic
voting
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56. If, by an Act of Parliament, provision is
made for the use of electronic balloting in
elections, such methods shall apply also to
balloting in a referendum under this Act.
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| Separate
ballot papers
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57. (1) For a referendum held concurrently
with general federal elections or by-elections,
a separate ballot shall be provided for the
election and the referendum questions.
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| Several
questions
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(2) If there is more than one question on the
ballot, questions placed on the ballot by
petition shall be first, with the questions that
received the larger numbers of signatures in
the petitioning process being placed above
those that received lesser numbers of
signatures;
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| Form
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(3) Every ballot shall be in prescribed form
and shall have a counterfoil and a stub, with a
line of perforations between the ballot paper
and the counterfoil and between the
counterfoil and the stub, provided that when a
person votes electronically in accordance with
procedures established by an Act of
Parliament, no ballot shall be required.
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| No
appropriation
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58. No expense incidental to the holding of
a referendum under this Act shall be paid out
of public funds unless Parliament has
appropriated money to the purpose.
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| Schedules and
forms
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59. Subject to the provisions of this Act and
to any regulations made under this Act, the
Chief Electoral Officer may prescribe the
form of any document required for the
administration or taking of a referendum.
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60. The Governor in Council may make
regulations
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(a) applying, with or without modifications,
for the purpose of this Act, provisions of any
regulation made under the Canada
Elections Act;
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(b) prescribing forms in relation to the
holding of a referendum;
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(c) prescribing the time at which, and the
manner in which, special voters may vote at
a referendum, whether or not at a polling
place, and whether within or outside
Canada;
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(d) prescribing conditions upon or subject
to which special voters may vote at a
referendum;
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(e) prescribing, for the purposes of a
referendum, different methods of voting for
different classes of special voters; and
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(f) providing for any matter necessary for
giving full effect to the provisions of this
Act and its administration.
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| Right to
petition House
of Commons
unaffected
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61. Nothing in this Act affects the right of
any person to petition either House of
Parliament, or the jurisdiction of any
committee or other body established by either
House to deal with petitions to the House.
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| Amendments
to this Act
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62. This Act may be amended only by
submitting the amendment to the voters as
proposed legislation pursuant to the
provisions of this Act.
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