Bill C-2
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2nd Session, 36th Parliament, 48-49 Elizabeth II, 1999-2000
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-2 |
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An Act respecting the election of members to
the House of Commons, repealing other
Acts relating to elections and making
consequential amendments to other Acts
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SHORT TITLE |
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1. This Act may be cited as the Canada
Elections Act.
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INTERPRETATION |
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Definitions
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2. (1) The definitions in this subsection
apply in this Act.
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``advance
poll'' « vote par anticipa- tion »
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``advance poll'' means a vote held under Part
10.
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``advance
polling
station'' « bureau de vote par anticipa- tion »
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``advance polling station'' means a polling
station established under subsection 168(3).
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``broadcas- ter'' « radiodiffu- seur »
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``broadcaster'' means a person who is licensed
by the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission under
the Broadcasting Act to carry on a
programming undertaking.
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``broadcas- ting'' « radiodiffu- sion »
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``broadcasting'' means broadcasting, as
defined in subsection 2(1) of the
Broadcasting Act, that is regulated and
supervised by the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications
Commission pursuant to section 5 of that
Act.
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``Broadcas- ting Arbitrator'' « arbitre »
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``Broadcasting Arbitrator'' means the person
appointed as Broadcasting Arbitrator under
subsection 332(1).
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``by- election'' « élection partielle »
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``by-election'' means an election other than a
general election.
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``candidate'' « candidat »
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``candidate'' means a person whose
nomination as a candidate at an election has
been confirmed under subsection 71(1) and
who, or whose official agent, has not
complied with sections 451 to 463 and 471
to 475 in respect of that election.
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``chief agent'' « agent principal »
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``chief agent'', in respect of a registered party,
means the chief agent named in the
application for registration as required by
paragraph 366(2)(h).
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``close of
nominations'' « clôture des candida- tures »
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``close of nominations'' means the deadline
for the receipt of nominations set out in
subsection 70(2).
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``closing day
for
nominations'' « jour de clôture »
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``closing day for nominations'' means the day
referred to in section 69.
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``commer- cial value'' « valeur commerciale »
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``commercial value'', in relation to property
or a service, means the lowest amount
charged at the time that it was provided for
the same kind and quantity of property or
service or for the same usage of property or
money, by
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``Commission
er'' « commissaire »
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``Commissioner'' means the Commissioner of
Canada Elections appointed under section
509.
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``contribu- tion'' « contribu- tion »
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``contribution'' means a monetary
contribution or a non-monetary
contribution.
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``election'' « élection »
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``election'' means an election of a member to
serve in the House of Commons.
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``election
documents'' « documents électoraux »
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``election documents'' means the following
documents:
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``election
officer'' « fonction- naire électoral »
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``election officer'' means a person referred to
in subsection 22(1).
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``election
period'' « période électorale »
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``election period'' means the period beginning
with the issue of the writ and ending on
polling day or, where the writ is withdrawn
under subsection 59(1) or is deemed to be
withdrawn under section 551, on the day
that the writ is withdrawn or deemed to be
withdrawn.
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``elector'' « électeur »
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``elector'' means a person who is qualified as
an elector under section 3.
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``electoral
district'' « circonscrip- tion »
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``electoral district'' means a place or
territorial area that is represented by a
member in the House of Commons.
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``eligible
party'' « parti admissible »
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``eligible party'' means a political party that
satisfies the criteria set out in section 368.
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``judge'' « juge »
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``judge'', when used to define the judicial
officer on whom is conferred specific
powers, means
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``list of
electors'' « liste électorale »
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``list of electors'' means the list showing the
surname, given names, civic address and
mailing address of every elector in a polling
division.
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``member'' « député »
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``member'' means a member of the House of
Commons.
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``Minister'' « ministre »
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``Minister'' means the member of the Queen's
Privy Council for Canada designated by the
Governor in Council for the purposes of this
Act.
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``monetary
contribution'' « contri- bution monétaire »
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``monetary contribution'' means an amount of
money provided that is not repayable.
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``non- monetary contribution'' « contri- bution non monétaire »
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``non-monetary contribution'' means the
commercial value of a service, other than
volunteer labour, or of property or of the use
of property or money to the extent that they
are provided without charge or at less than
their commercial value.
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``oath'' « serment »
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``oath'' includes a solemn affirmation and a
statutory declaration.
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``official
agent'' « agent officiel »
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``official agent'' means the official agent
appointed by a candidate as required by
subsection 83(1).
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``official list
of electors'' « liste électorale officielle »
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``official list of electors'' means the list of
electors prepared by the returning officer
under section 106.
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``periodical
publication'' « publication périodique »
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``periodical publication'' means a paper,
magazine or periodical that is published
periodically or in parts or numbers and that
contains public news, intelligence or
reports of events, or advertisements.
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``personal
information'' « renseigne- ments personnels »
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``personal information'' means personal
information as defined in section 3 of the
Privacy Act.
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``political
affiliation'' « apparte- nance politique »
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``political affiliation'', in respect of a
candidate, means the name of the registered
party or the word ``independent'', as the
case may be, referred to in subparagraph
66(1)(a)(v) in the statement included in the
candidate's nomination paper.
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``polling day'' « jour du scrutin »
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``polling day'', in relation to an election,
means the date fixed under paragraph
57(1)(c) for voting at the election.
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``polling
division'' « section de vote »
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``polling division'' means a polling division
referred to in section 538.
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``polling
station'' « bureau de scrutin »
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``polling station'' means a place established
under section 120, 122, 125, 205, 206, 207,
253 or 255 for electors to cast their votes.
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``prelimi- nary list of electors'' « liste électorale prélimi- naire »
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``preliminary list of electors'' means the list of
electors prepared by the Chief Electoral
Officer under subsection 93(1).
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``prescribed'' « prescrit »
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``prescribed'', in relation to a form or an oath,
means one that is authorized by the Chief
Electoral Officer.
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``recount'' « dépouille- ment judiciaire »
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``recount'' means a recount of votes by a judge
under Part 14.
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``registered
agent'' « agent enregistré »
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``registered agent'', in relation to a registered
party, means a person referred to in section
375 and includes the chief agent of the
registered party.
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``registered
party'' « parti enregistré »
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``registered party'' means a political party that
is entered in the registry of parties referred
to in section 374 as a registered party.
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``Register of
Electors'' « Registre des électeurs »
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``Register of Electors'' means the Register of
Electors established under section 44.
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``revised list
of electors'' « liste électorale révisée »
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``revised list of electors'' means the list of
electors prepared by the returning officer
under section 105.
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``spoiled'' « annulé »
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``spoiled'', in relation to a ballot or a special
ballot as defined in section 177, means
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``volunteer
labour'' « travail bénévole »
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``volunteer labour'' means any service
provided free of charge by a person outside
their working hours, but does not include
such a service provided by a person who is
self-employed if the service is one that is
normally charged for by that person.
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``writ'' « bref »
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``writ'' means a writ of election.
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No
commercial
value
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(2) For the purposes of this Act, the
commercial value of property or a service is
deemed to be nil if
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Satisfactory
proof of
identity and
residence
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(3) For the purposes of this Act, satisfactory
proof of an elector's identity and satisfactory
proof of residence are established by the
documentary proof of the elector's identity
and residence that is prescribed by the Chief
Electoral Officer.
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Time
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(4) A reference to a time of day in this Act
is a reference to local time.
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