L-4.1 - Act respecting electoral lists

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8. (Replaced).
R. S. 1964, c. 7, s. 7; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 12, s. 2; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1966, c. 5, s. 1; 1977, c. 11, s. 132; 1979, c. 56, s. 256.
8. (1)  Unless otherwise specially provided, the director general of elections, his deputies, any election officer, judge, judge of the Provincial Court, commissioner of the Superior Court having jurisdiction in the place where an oath is taken, any notary and, in rural polling-subdivisions, the mayor and the secretary-treasurer are authorized to administer the oaths contemplated by this act, and must do so gratuitously.
(2)  In the electoral districts of Abitibi-Est, Duplessis and Saguenay, every person specially appointed for such purpose by the director general of elections is also authorized to administer the oaths contemplated by this act.
(3)  The oaths prescribed by this act shall be taken on the Holy Gospels.
(4)  Nevertheless the manner of taking such oaths may be changed according to the religious faith of the person taking the oath, so as to bind such person to declare nothing but the truth.
R. S. 1964, c. 7, s. 7; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 12, s. 2; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1966, c. 5, s. 1; 1977, c. 11, s. 132.