E-3.2 - Election Act

Section 224 Disposition versions

1985-03-13

224. The returning officer shall appoint an officer in charge of information and order at every place where there is a group of polling stations and at every place where there is only one polling station.

The functions of the officer in charge of information and order are, in particular,

(1)  to receive the electors and direct them towards the polling station corresponding to their polling subdivision;

(2)  to ensure accessibility to the polling stations and facilitate the circulation therein;

(3)  to ensure that only one person at a time is admitted to a polling station;

(4)  to ensure that only the electors present on the premises of a polling station at the closing time are admitted to exercise their right to vote;

(5)  to ensure that only the persons authorized to be present on the premises of a polling station are present;

(6)  to inform the returning officer of any situation requiring his intervention.

1984, c. 51, s. 224.