Bill C-267

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	2nd Session, 36th Parliament, 48 Elizabeth II, 1999
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-
	An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (registration of political parties)
R.S., c. E-2; R.S., c. 27 (1st Supp.), c. 27 (2nd Supp.); 1989, c. 28; 1990, cc. 16, 17; 1991, cc. 11, 47; 1992, cc. 1, 21, 51; 1993, cc. 19, 28; 1994, c. 26; 1995, c. 5; 1996, cc. 26, 35; 1998, cc. 15, 18, 30; 1999, c. 3	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. (1) Paragraph 24(2)(a) of the Canada Elections Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(a) where he determines that, on the nomination by the party of twelve candidates in accordance with paragraph (3)(a) or (b), whichever is applicable, the party could be registered, so inform the leader of the party; or
	(2) Subsection 24(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Effective date of registration	(3) Where the leader of a political party has been informed by the Chief Electoral Officer pursuant to paragraph (2)(a) that, on the nomination of twelve candidates in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b), whichever is applicable, the political party could be registered, the party shall be registered
	(a) if the application for registration is filed within the period commencing with the day following polling day at one general election and terminating on the sixtieth day before the issue of writs for the next general election, on the day after the party has officially nominated candidates in twelve electoral districts at the next general election, or
	(b) if the application for registration is filed within the period commencing with the fifty-ninth day before the issue of writs for a general election and terminating on polling day at that election, on the day after the party has officially nominated candidates in twelve electoral districts at the general election next following the general election falling within that period,
	and if the political party fails to nominate twelve candidates in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b), whichever is applicable, the Chief Electoral Officer shall inform the leader of the party that the party cannot be registered.
	2. Subsection 28(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Deletions from registry	(2) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, on the close of nominations at a general election, delete from the registry referred to in subsection 24(1) any registered party that did not at the close of nominations on that day have candidates in at least twelve of the electoral districts.
	3. (1) Paragraph 31(1)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(a) has been informed by the Chief Electoral Officer pursuant to paragraph 24(2)(a) that, on the nomination of twelve candidates in accordance with paragraph 24(3)(a) or (b), whichever is applicable, the party could be registered, and
	(2) Subsections 31(11) to (15) of the Act are repealed.
	4. Subsection 33(2) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Application for registration	(2) Every political party that makes application for registration pursuant to subsection 24(1) and whose leader is informed by the Chief Electoral Officer pursuant to paragraph 24(2)(a) that, on the nomination of twelve candidates in accordance with paragraph 24(3)(a) or (b), whichever is applicable, the party could be registered shall, within thirty days after being so informed, file with the Chief Electoral Officer a notification signed by the leader of the party or the chief agent of the party, setting out the names and addresses of all agents of the party other than the chief agent and, on registration of the political party, the information shall be recorded by the Chief Electoral Officer in the registry referred to in subsection (1).
	5. Paragraph 81(1)(j) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(j) the amount of $600 must be deposited with the returning officer at the same time as the nomination paper and one half of the deposit shall be returned to the candidate on satisfaction of the conditions set out in paragraph 84(3)(a), while the other half shall be returned on satisfaction of the conditions set out in paragraph 84(3)(b);

Bill C-267

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