L-4.1 - Act respecting electoral lists

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127. (1)  Any person who finds that his name is not on the electoral list although he has the qualifications of an elector, or has been entered on any electoral list when he has not the qualifications of an elector, may make application, in writing or orally and under oath, to have his name entered or struck off, as the case may be.
However, when a person has changed domicile since the entry of his name on the electoral list during the last annual enumeration period, and has the qualifications of an elector, he may at the time of the second revision, file an application in form 17 in writing under oath for the entry of his name on the electoral list of the polling subdivision where he is now domiciled, if he declares on such form that he has made, in accordance with form 18, an application to have his name struck off the list of the polling subdivision where he was entered at the time of the last annual enumeration and such application to have his name struck off is attached to the application to have his name entered.
(2)  Any elector entered on the list for a rural polling subdivision who finds that the name of any person has been entered on the list for the same subdivision although such person does not possess the qualifications of an elector, may make an application, in writing or orally and under oath, declaring that to his personal knowledge the name which he applies to have struck off is that of a person not entitled to vote.
(3)  Any elector entered or entitled to be entered on the list of a rural polling subdivision, who finds that the name of any relative is not entered on the list of a rural subdivision in the same electoral division, when such relative is qualified to be entered on such list, may make an application, in writing or orally and under oath declaring that such relative is qualified as an elector; similarly, if he finds that the name of a relative is entered on the list of a rural polling subdivision in the same electoral division, although such relative, to his personal knowledge, does not possess the qualifications of an elector, he may make application, orally or in writing and under oath, to have such name struck off, declaring that such relative is not entitled to vote.
However, when an elector entered or entitled to be entered on the electoral list of a rural polling subdivision finds that the name of a relative is not entered on such list or that of any other rural polling subdivision of the same electoral division because such relative has changed domicile since the entry of his name on the electoral list at the last annual enumeration period he may, when such relative is qualified to be entered on such list, make an application at a second revision, in writing and under oath, in accordance with form 21, declaring that such relative is qualified as an elector, in so far as such elector declares in such form that he has made, in accordance with form 22, an application to have the name of his relative struck off the list of the polling subdivision where such relative was entered at the last annual enumeration and that such application to have the name struck off is attached to the application to have the name entered.
(4)  The oath, in the cases contemplated by this section, shall be taken before a revisor, the returning officer the election clerk, any assistant election clerk, the secretary-treasurer of the municipality or any other person specially appointed for that purpose by the director general of elections.
Every application to strike off a person’s name deposited before the revisors and respecting the striking off of the name of an elector at a revision made during an election period:
(a)  in another electoral division because of a change of domicile since the last annual enumeration period, must be sent the same day to the returning officer who must forthwith send such application to the returning officer of that other electoral division, who must do what is necessary to send it forthwith to the revisors appointed to revise the electoral lists of the municipality where such elector was domiciled;
(b)  in the same electoral division, but in another municipality or part of a municipality because of a change of domicile since the entry of his name at the time of the last annual enumeration period, must be immediately sent to the returning officer who must, forthwith, send such application to the revisors appointed to revise the electoral lists of the municipality or part of the municipality where such elector was domiciled.
R. S. 1964, c. 7, s. 119; 1972, c. 6, s. 46; 1975, c. 8, s. 42; 1977, c. 11, s. 132; 1979, c. 56, s. 288.
127. (1)  Any person who finds that his name is not on the electoral list although he has the qualifications of an elector, or has been entered on any electoral list when he has not the qualifications of an elector, may make application, in writing or orally and under oath, to have his name entered or struck off, as the case may be.
However, when a person has changed domicile since the entry of his name on the electoral list during the last annual enumeration period, and has the qualifications of an elector, he may at the time of the second revision, file an application in form 17 in writing under oath for the entry of his name on the electoral list of the polling-subdivision where he is now domiciled, if he declares on such form that he has made, in accordance with form 18, an application to have his name struck off the list of the polling-subdivision where he was entered at the time of the last annual enumeration and such application to have his name struck off is attached to the application to have his name entered.
(2)  Any elector entered on the list for a rural polling-subdivision who finds that the name of any person has been entered on the list for the same subdivision although such person does not possess the qualifications of an elector, may make an application, in writing or orally and under oath, declaring that to his personal knowledge the name which he applies to have struck off is that of a person not entitled to vote.
(3)  Any elector entered or entitled to be entered on the list of a rural polling-subdivision, who finds that the name of any relative is not entered on the list of a rural subdivision in the same electoral district, when such relative is qualified to be entered on such list, may make an application, in writing or orally and under oath declaring that such relative is qualified as an elector; similarly, if he finds that the name of a relative is entered on the list of a rural polling-subdivision in the same electoral district, although such relative, to his personal knowledge, does not possess the qualifications of an elector, he may make application, orally or in writing and under oath, to have such name struck off, declaring that such relative is not entitled to vote.
However, when an elector entered or entitled to be entered on the electoral list of a rural polling-subdivision finds that the name of a relative is not entered on such list or that of any other rural polling-subdivision of the same electoral district because such relative has changed domicile since the entry of his name on the electoral list at the last annual enumeration period he may, when such relative is qualified to be entered on such list, make an application at a second revision, in writing and under oath, in accordance with form 21, declaring that such relative is qualified as an elector, in so far as such elector declares in such form that he has made, in accordance with form 22, an application to have the name of his relative struck off the list of the polling-subdivision where such relative was entered at the last annual enumeration and that such application to have the name struck off is attached to the application to have the name entered.
(4)  The oath, in the cases contemplated by this section, shall be taken before a revisor, the returning-officer the election-clerk, any assistant election-clerk, the secretary-treasurer of the municipality or any other person specially appointed for that purpose by the director general of elections.
Every application to strike off a person’s name deposited before the revisors and respecting the striking off of the name of an elector at a revision made during an election period:
(a)  in another electoral district because of a change of domicile since the last annual enumeration period, must be sent the same day to the returning-officer who must forthwith send such application to the returning-officer of that other electoral district, who must do what is necessary to send it forthwith to the revisors appointed to revise the electoral lists of the municipality where such elector was domiciled;
(b)  in the same electoral district, but in another municipality or part of a municipality because of a change of domicile since the entry of his name at the time of the last annual enumeration period, must be immediately sent to the returning-officer who must, forthwith, send such application to the revisors appointed to revise the electoral lists of the municipality or part of the municipality where such elector was domiciled.
R. S. 1964, c. 7, s. 119; 1972, c. 6, s. 46; 1975, c. 8, s. 42; 1977, c. 11, s. 132.