P-13.1 - Police Act

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123. A police officer or special constable who wishes to be a candidate in an election or to engage in partisan activity on behalf of a candidate in an election or of a political party is entitled to obtain leave of absence without pay, on an application made to the highest competent authority, which must be granted as soon as practicable. If the election is a federal or provincial election, the police officer or special constable must be on full leave of absence without pay. The letter of authorization shall fix the dates on which the leave is to begin and to end, which must allow the applicant to fully engage in the political activities for which the leave is applied for.
Any person who ceases to engage in political activity before the end of the leave of absence shall notify, without delay, the authority that granted the leave. The leave of absence shall end on the fifteenth day following the date of receipt of the notice.
At the end of the leave of absence, the person to whom leave had been granted is entitled to resume employment, but must be assigned to duties that involve no incompatibility with the political activity in which the person was engaged.
2000, c. 12, s. 123.