C-64.1 - Referendum Act

Schedule Disposition versions

2001-12-20

2001-05-02

1999-10-22

1999-09-22

1999-06-19

1998-10-21

1997-05-31

1997-04-08

1995-06-16

1992-06-23

1990-10-01

1989-04-24

1988-08-31

1987-12-31

0001-01-01

APPENDIX 2

(Sections 16, 17, 44, 45)ŠŠPROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE HOLDING OF A REFERENDUMŠŠELECTION ACT (chapter E-3.2)ŠŠSECTIONS                      AMENDMENTSŠŠ7         Strike out the second paragraphŠ8Š9         Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “9.  In respect of the financing of nationalŠ          committees and the control of regulated expenses, theŠ          chief electoral officer shall, in particular,ŠŠ          (1) verify that the national committees, the officialŠ          agents and their deputies as well as the local agentsŠ          are complying with Title VIII;ŠŠ          (2) establish the forms and documents for use in theŠ          administration of Title VIII;ŠŠ          (3) issue directives on the bookkeeping of theŠ          national committees;ŠŠ          (4) receive and examine the returns of regulatedŠ          expenses;ŠŠ          (5) inquire into the legality of contributions andŠ          regulated expenses.”ŠŠ10        Strike out, in the first and second lines ofŠ          paragraph 3, the following words: “and on the ActŠ          respecting electoral representation (chapter R-24.1)”ŠŠ          Replace the words “political party” in the first lineŠ          of paragraph 5 by the words “national committee”, theŠ          word “candidates” in the second line of paragraph 5Š          by the word “committees” and the word “parties” inŠ          the third line of paragraph 5 by the words “nationalŠ          committees”ŠŠ12Š13Š14Š15Š17        Strike out the first paragraphŠŠ          Replace the words “his assistants” in the third lineŠ          of the second paragraph by the words “one of hisŠ          assistants”ŠŠ19Š20Š24Š25        Strike out the second paragraphŠŠ          Replace the words “an election” in the first line ofŠ          the third paragraph by the words “a referendum”ŠŠ26Š27Š28Š29Š30Š31Š32Š42        Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “42.  The returning officer, under the authority ofŠ          the chief electoral officer, is responsible, in theŠ          electoral division to which he is appointed, for theŠ          administration of this Act and the training of theŠ          election officers.”ŠŠ54Š55Š56Š57Š58Š59        Replace the word “election” in the fourth line of theŠ          first paragraph by the word “referendum”ŠŠ60        Strike out the fourth paragraphŠ61Š62Š64        Replace the words “an election” in the first line ofŠ          the first paragraph by the words “a referendum” andŠ          the word “election” in the third line by the wordŠ          “referendum”ŠŠ          Strike out the words “in the electoral division whereŠ          the election is held” in the second and third linesŠ          of the second paragraphŠŠ65        Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “65.  The two enumerators shall be appointed by theŠ          returning officer, one on the recommendation of theŠ          national committee having the greatest number ofŠ          members of the National Assembly and the other on theŠ          recommendation of the national committee having theŠ          second greatest number of members of the NationalŠ          Assembly.”ŠŠ67        Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “67.  The recommendations are made by the officialŠ          delegate.ŠŠ          For the purposes of this Act, the expressionŠ          “official delegate” means the person appointed asŠ          such by the chairman of a national committee toŠ          represent him in an electoral division.”ŠŠ68Š69Š70        Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “70.  The returning officer shall post up in hisŠ          official office and transmit to each officialŠ          delegate the list of the enumerators he hasŠ          appointed.ŠŠ          The returning officer shall immediately inform theŠ          official delegates of any change that is made to theŠ          list.”ŠŠ71Š72        Strike out the first paragraphŠŠ          Replace the words “an election” in the first line ofŠ          the second paragraph by the words “a referendum”ŠŠ73Š74Š75        Strike out, in the third, fourth and fifth lines ofŠ          the first paragraph, the following words: “on theŠ          first day fixed for enumeration or, where enumerationŠ          takes place during the election period,”ŠŠ          Strike out, in the second, third, fourth and fifthŠ          lines of the second paragraph, the following words:Š          “on the first day fixed for enumeration or, whereŠ          enumeration takes place during the referendumŠ          period,”ŠŠ76Š77Š78Š79Š80Š81Š82Š83Š84Š85Š86Š87Š88        Replace the words “the authorized parties representedŠ          in the National Assembly and, as the case may be, toŠ          any independent Member” in the third, fourth andŠ          fifth lines of the first paragraph by the words “eachŠ          official delegate”ŠŠ          Strike out the second paragraphŠŠ89Š90        Replace the words “an election” in the first line byŠ          the words “a referendum”, the word “election” in theŠ          second line by the word “referendum”, and the wordŠ          “candidate” in the fourth line by the words “officialŠ          delegate”ŠŠ91Š92Š93        Replace the words “an election” in the first line ofŠ          the first paragraph by the words “a referendum” andŠ          the word “election” in the second line by the wordŠ          “referendum”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the first line of theŠ          second paragraph by the word “referendum”ŠŠ94Š95        Replace the word “candidate” in the second line byŠ          the words “official delegate”ŠŠ96Š97Š98Š99        Replace the words “candidate and each authorizedŠ          authority of a party at the level of the electoralŠ          division,” in the fourth and fifth lines of the firstŠ          paragraph by the words “national committee and eachŠ          official delegate,”ŠŠ100Š101Š102Š103Š104Š105Š106       Replace the word “election” in the third line by theŠ          word “referendum”ŠŠ107Š108       Strike out, in the fourth line, the words “except forŠ          a by-election,”ŠŠ109Š110Š111Š112Š113       Replace the second paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “The returning officer shall thereupon inform theŠ          chief electoral officer, each national committee andŠ          each official delegate of the selected places.”ŠŠ114Š115Š116Š117Š118Š119       Replace the words “candidate and to each partyŠ          authority at the level of the electoral division,”Š          in the second and third lines by the words “nationalŠ          committee and each official delegate”ŠŠ120Š121Š122Š123Š124Š125Š126Š127       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “127.  The revisor recommended by the nationalŠ          committee having the greatest number of members inŠ          the National Assembly shall act as chairman of theŠ          board of revisors.ŠŠ          The revisor recommended by the national committeeŠ          having the second greatest number of members in theŠ          National Assembly shall act as vice-chairman.”ŠŠ128Š129Š130Š131Š132Š133Š134Š135Š136Š137Š138Š139Š140Š141       Replace the word “candidate” in the fourth line byŠ          the words “official delegate”ŠŠ142Š143       Replace the word “candidate” in the second line byŠ          the words “official delegate”ŠŠ144Š145Š146Š147Š148Š149Š150Š151Š152Š153Š154Š155       Replace the word “election” in the third line by theŠ          word “referendum”ŠŠ159       Replace the word “election” in the first and secondŠ          paragraphs by the word “referendum”ŠŠ160       Replace the words “party authority at the level ofŠ          the electoral division” in the fourth and fifth linesŠ          of the first paragraph by the words “nationalŠ          committee, each official delegate”ŠŠ161       Replace the words “an election” in the first line byŠ          the words “a referendum”ŠŠ162       Replace the words “political parties and ofŠ          candidates” in the second line of the secondŠ          paragraph by the words “national committees”ŠŠ163       Replace the words “particulars that will be containedŠ          in” in the fourth and fifth lines by the wordsŠ          “question that will appear on”ŠŠ179       Replace the first and second paragraphs by theŠ          following paragraph:ŠŠ          “179.  Every employer shall, upon a written request,Š          grant a leave without pay to an employee who acts asŠ          the chairman of a national committee or as anŠ          official delegate.  The request may be made at anyŠ          time from the date of the order instituting theŠ          holding of a referendum.ŠŠ          The employee’s leave begins on the day requested byŠ          the employee and ends on the thirtieth day followingŠ          polling day.”ŠŠ180       Replace the first and second paragraphs by theŠ          following paragraphs:ŠŠ          “180.  Every employer shall, upon a written request,Š          grant a leave without pay to an employee who acts asŠ          the official agent of a national committee.  TheŠ          request may be made at any time from the date ofŠ          the order instituting the holding of a referendum.ŠŠ          The employee’s leave begins on the day requested byŠ          the employee and ends on the one hundred andŠ          twentieth day following polling day.”ŠŠ181Š182Š183Š184       Replace section 184 by the following section:ŠŠ          “184.  Upon receipt of a copy of the order, theŠ          returning officer shall draw up a proclamation.”ŠŠ185       Replace section 185 by the following section:ŠŠ          “185.  The proclamation shall set forthŠŠ          (1) the text of the question put to the electors;ŠŠ          (2) the days and hours of polling at advance pollingŠ          stations;ŠŠ          (3) the day and hours of polling at polling stations;ŠŠ          (4) the name of every national committee and, forŠ          each of them and, the surname and given name of theŠ          chairman and of the official agent, and, for theŠ          electoral division, the surname and given name of theŠ          official delegate and of the local agent.”ŠŠ186       Replace, in the second and third lines, the wordsŠ          “candidate or his mandatary” by the words “officialŠ          delegate”ŠŠ191       Replace the words “candidate and each authorizedŠ          party authority at the level of an electoralŠ          division” in the fifth and sixth lines by the wordsŠ          “official delegate”ŠŠ192       Replace the figure “234” in the first line by theŠ          following “225, 227 to 234”ŠŠ193Š194       Strike out, in the first line, the following:Š          “, inmates”ŠŠ195Š196Š197Š198Š199       Replace the words “the candidates” in the first andŠ          second lines by the words “each official delegate”ŠŠ200       Replace the words “candidate or his mandatary” in theŠ          second line of the third paragraph by the wordsŠ          “official delegate”ŠŠ201Š202Š203       Replace the words “general election” in the firstŠ          paragraph, by the word “referendum”ŠŠ          Strike out the word “advance” in the third line ofŠ          the second paragraphŠŠ          Replace the words “of his domicile” in the thirdŠ          paragraph by the words “where the house of detentionŠ          is situated”ŠŠ204       Replace the third paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “The warden shall send the electoral list to theŠ          returning officer not later than the eighth dayŠ          preceding polling day.”ŠŠ205       Strike out the word “advance” in the third line ofŠ          the first paragraphŠŠ          Replace the words and figures “sections 225 and 226”Š          in the second line of the second paragraph by theŠ          word and figure “section 225”ŠŠ206       Replace the words “authorized party” by the wordsŠ          “official delegate of a national committee”ŠŠ208Š209       Replace section 209 by the following section:ŠŠ          “209.  The polling station shall be open from 10 a.m.Š          to 8 p.m. on polling day.”ŠŠ211       Replace section 211 by the following section:ŠŠ          “211.  At the close of the polling station, theŠ          procedure set out in sections 270 to 280 shall beŠ          followed and the deputy returning officer shall remitŠ          the ballot box and the envelope containing theŠ          electoral list to the returning officer or the personŠ          designated by him.”ŠŠ217Š218       Replace the word “candidate” by the words “officialŠ          delegate” in the first line of the second paragraphŠŠ219Š220Š221       Replace the words “an election” by the words “aŠ          referendum” in the second line of the first paragraphŠŠ222Š223Š224Š225       Replace section 225 by the following section:ŠŠ          “225.  In every polling station, the returningŠ          officer shall appoint as deputy returning officer theŠ          person recommended by the official delegate of theŠ          national committee which has the greatest number ofŠ          members in the National Assembly.ŠŠ          He shall appoint as poll clerk the person recommendedŠ          by the official delegate of the national committeeŠ          which has the second highest number of members in theŠ          National Assembly.ŠŠ          Where the two national committees have an equalŠ          number of members in the National Assembly, the chiefŠ          electoral officer shall determine, by a drawing ofŠ          lots, which committee is deemed to have the highestŠ          number of members or, as the case may be, the secondŠ          highest number of members in the National Assembly.”ŠŠ227Š228       Replace the word “candidate” by the words “officialŠ          delegate” in the second line of the first paragraphŠŠ229Š230Š231       Replace section 231 by the following section:ŠŠ          “231.  The official delegate of each nationalŠ          committee may designate a person and give him aŠ          mandate by power of attorney to represent theŠ          national committee before the deputy returningŠ          officer or the officer in charge of informationŠ          and order, or before each of them.”ŠŠ232       Replace the words “candidate or his mandatary” byŠ          the words “official delegate” in the first and secondŠ          linesŠŠ233       Replace the word “candidate” in the first line by theŠ          words “official delegate”ŠŠ234       Replace the words “name of the candidate for whom” inŠ          the second and third lines by the words “option forŠ          which”ŠŠ235       Replace the words “A candidate” in the first line byŠ          the words “The official delegate of each nationalŠ          committee”ŠŠ236       Replace the words “candidate or his mandatary” in theŠ          second and third lines by the words “officialŠ          delegate”ŠŠ237       Strike out the words “in accordance with the modelŠ          provided in Schedule F and” in the second line of theŠ          first paragraphŠŠ238Š239Š240Š241       Replace the first paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “241.  The ballot paper must contain on the obverseŠ          a space specially reserved for the wording of theŠ          question.”ŠŠ          Strike out the second paragraphŠŠ242Š243       Replace the word “election” in the first line of theŠ          first paragraph by the word “referendum”ŠŠ244Š245       Replace the word “candidates” in the first line ofŠ          the second paragraph by the words “nationalŠ          committees”ŠŠ246Š247Š248Š249Š250       Replace the words “candidates and their mandataries”Š          in the second and third lines by the words “chairmenŠ          of national committees and their official delegates”ŠŠ251Š252Š253Š254Š255       Replace the word “circles” in the second line by theŠ          words “spaces reserved for that purpose”, and theŠ          word “candidate” in the fifth line by the wordsŠ          “national committee”ŠŠ256Š257Š258Š259Š260       Replace the words “the name of the candidate for whomŠ          the elector has voted” in the seventh and eighthŠ          lines of the first paragraph by the words “the optionŠ          for which the elector has given his vote”ŠŠ261       Replace the words “then indicate to him the order inŠ          which the candidates appear on the ballot paper, andŠ          the indications entered under their names, where suchŠ          is the case” in the fourth, fifth and sixth lines byŠ          the words “read the question and indicate to him theŠ          order in which the options appear on the ballotŠ          paper”ŠŠ262       Replace the word “candidate” in the second line ofŠ          the first paragraph by the words “national committee”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in paragraphs 2 and 3 byŠ          the word “referendum”, the words “a candidate” in theŠ          second line of paragraph 4 by the words “an option”Š          and the word “election” in the second line ofŠ          paragraph 5 by the word “referendum”ŠŠ263Š264Š265Š266       Strike out the word “political” in the second lineŠ          and replace the words “a party or a candidate” in theŠ          second and third lines by the words “one of theŠ          options submitted to a referendum”ŠŠ267Š268Š269Š270       Replace the word “candidates” in the third line byŠ          the words “official delegates”ŠŠ271Š272Š273Š274       Replace the word “circles” in the second line of theŠ          first paragraph by the word “spaces”ŠŠ          Replace the word “candidate” in paragraph 4 of theŠ          second paragraph by the word “option”, the words “aŠ          person who is not a candidate” in paragraph 5 of theŠ          second paragraph by the words “an option which is notŠ          one of the options submitted to a referendum” and theŠ          word “circles” in paragraph 6 of the second paragraphŠ          by the words “spaces reserved for that purpose”ŠŠ275       Replace the words “circles by the elector extendsŠ          beyond the circumference of the circle” in the secondŠ          and third lines of the second paragraph by the wordsŠ          “spaces reserved for that purpose extends beyond theŠ          space”ŠŠ276       Replace the words “candidate or the representative ofŠ          a candidate” in the second line by the wordsŠ          “official delegate or his representative”ŠŠ277       Replace the word “candidate” in the fourth line ofŠ          the first paragraph by the word “option”ŠŠ278       Replace the word “candidate” in the third line by theŠ          words “official delegate”Š279Š280Š281       Replace the words “candidate or his mandatary” in theŠ          first and second lines of the first paragraph by theŠ          words “official delegate”ŠŠ          Replace the words “candidate, mandatary” in the thirdŠ          line of the second paragraph by the words “officialŠ          delegate”ŠŠ282       Replace the word “candidate” in the third line of theŠ          first paragraph by the word “option”ŠŠ          Strike out the second paragraphŠŠ283Š284       Replace the words “return as elected the candidateŠ          who” in the first line of the first paragraph by theŠ          words “announce the option which”ŠŠ286       Replace the words “declare elected the candidate who”Š          in the second and third lines of the first paragraphŠ          by the words “issue a declaration indicating theŠ          option which”, and the word “candidate” in the fourthŠ          line of the first paragraph by the words “officialŠ          delegate”ŠŠ          Strike out the words “of election” in the second lineŠ          of the second paragraphŠŠ287       Replace the word “election” in the second line of theŠ          first paragraph by the word “referendum”ŠŠ288       Replace the word “election” in the third line by theŠ          word “referendum”ŠŠ289       Replace the words “the names of the candidatesŠ          declared elected” in the first and second lines byŠ          the words “the option which has obtained the greatestŠ          number of votes”ŠŠ290       Replace section 290 by the following section:ŠŠ          “290.  The chief electoral officer shall, as soon asŠ          possible, publish a notice in the Gazette officielleŠ          du Québec indicating, for each electoral division,Š          the number of votes for each of the options appearingŠ          on the ballot paper.”ŠŠ291       Replace the word “election”, which appears twice inŠ          the second line of the first paragraph, by the wordŠ          “referendum”ŠŠ292Š293       Replace the word “whom” in the second line by theŠ          words “which option”ŠŠ294       Replace the word “candidate” in the first line by theŠ          words “official candidate”, and the words “the nameŠ          of the candidate in favour of whom” in the second andŠ          third lines by the words “the option for which”ŠŠ295       Replace the word “candidate” in the first line by theŠ          words “official delegate”, and the words “the name ofŠ          the candidate for whom” in the third line by the wordsŠ          “the option for which”ŠŠ296       Replace the word “whom” by the words “which option”ŠŠ316       Replace section 316 by the following section:ŠŠ          “316.  In this title, unless otherwise required byŠ          the context,ŠŠ          “official agent”, “local agent”, “permanent office ofŠ          an authorized party”, “regulated expenses” andŠ          “referendum period” have the meaning assigned toŠ          those expressions by the Referendum Act (chapterŠ          C-64.1);ŠŠ          “financial institution” means a chartered bank, aŠ          trust company or a savings and credit union.”ŠŠ317       Replace the first paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “317.  Money donated to a national committee,Š          services rendered and goods furnished to it toŠ          promote an option submitted to the referendum areŠ          deemed to be contributions.”ŠŠ          Strike out subparagraphs 2 and 3 of the secondŠ          paragraphŠŠ          Replace subparagraph 4 of the second paragraph by theŠ          following paragraph:ŠŠ          “A loan granted to a national committee at theŠ          current rate on the market at the time it is grantedŠ          by an authorized political party.”ŠŠ          Strike out subparagraphs 5 and 6 of the secondŠ          paragraphŠŠ318       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “318.  Nothing in this title shall prohibit transfersŠ          of fundsŠŠ          (1) of an authorized party to the referendum fund ofŠ          a national committee; orŠŠ          (2) of the referendum fund of a national committee toŠ          the referendum fund put at the disposal of a localŠ          agent.”ŠŠ324       Replace the first paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “324.  An official representative may resign byŠ          sending a written notice to that effect to theŠ          chairman of the national committee.”ŠŠ          Replace the words “an authorized entity no longer hasŠ          an official representative” in the first line of theŠ          second paragraph by the words “a national committee noŠ          longer has an agent”ŠŠ          Replace the words “official representative or of aŠ          delegate” in the second and third lines of the thirdŠ          paragraph by the words “official agent”ŠŠ331       The section is replaced by the following section:ŠŠ          “331.  The official agent of a national committee isŠ          authorized to solicit and collect contributions untilŠ          polling day.ŠŠ          After polling day, the official agent is authorized toŠ          solicit and collect contributions only for the purposeŠ          of paying the debts arising from his regulatedŠ          expenses and to dispose, in accordance with the secondŠ          paragraph of section 443, of the sums and propertyŠ          derived from his referendum fund.”ŠŠ337       Replace the words “leader of an authorized party” inŠ          the first line by the words “chairman of a nationalŠ          committee”ŠŠ365       Strike out the second paragraphŠ367Š368       Replace the words “calendar year” in the second lineŠ          of the first paragraph by the word “referendum”, andŠ          the words “authorized entities” in the third andŠ          fourth lines of the first paragraph by the wordsŠ          “national committees”ŠŠ          Replace the words “an authorized entity” in the firstŠ          line of the second paragraph by the words “a nationalŠ          committee”ŠŠ369       Replace the words “official representative of anŠ          authorized entity” in the second line of the firstŠ          paragraph by the words “official agent of a nationalŠ          committee”, and the word “representative” in theŠ          fourth line of the first paragraph by the wordŠ          “agent”ŠŠ          Replace the word “representative” in the second lineŠ          of the second paragraph by the word “agent”ŠŠ370       Replace the words “representative of the authorizedŠ          entity for which” in the second line by the wordsŠ          “agent of the national committee for which”ŠŠ371       Replace section 371 by the following section:ŠŠ          “371.  The local agent has, for the electoralŠ          division for which he is appointed, the powersŠ          conferred on the official agent by sections 369, 370Š          and 373.”ŠŠ372Š373       Replace the word “representative” in the first lineŠ          by the word “agent”ŠŠ374       Replace the words “authorized entity” in the secondŠ          line by the words “national committee”ŠŠ375       Replace the words “authorized entity” in the secondŠ          line by the words “national committee”ŠŠ376       Replace the words “authorized entity” in the thirdŠ          line by the words “official agent”ŠŠ377Š378       Replace the first paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “378.  Every radio, television or cable broadcasterŠ          and every owner of a newspaper, a periodical or otherŠ          printed matter may make air time on the radio orŠ          television or space in the newspaper, periodical orŠ          other printed matter available free of charge toŠ          national committees, provided he offers such serviceŠ          equitably as to quality and quantity to each nationalŠ          committee.”ŠŠ381       Replace the words “representative of an authorizedŠ          entity” in the first line by the words “agent of aŠ          national committee”ŠŠ382Š405       Replace section 405 by the following section:ŠŠ          “405.  All the expenditures incurred during aŠ          referendum period to promote or oppose directly orŠ          indirectly, an option submitted to a referendum areŠ          regulated expenses.”ŠŠ406       Replace the words “an election” in the first line ofŠ          the first paragraph by the words “a referendum”, theŠ          word “election” in the third line by the wordŠ          “referendum”, and the word “election” in the fifthŠ          line by the word “regulated”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the second line of theŠ          second paragraph by the word “referendum”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the third line of theŠ          third paragraph by the word “referendum”ŠŠ407       Replace the word “election” in the first line by theŠ          word “regulated”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the sixth and in theŠ          eighth lines of paragraph 1 by the word “referendum”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the third line ofŠ          paragraph 2 by the word “referendum”ŠŠ          Strike out paragraphs 3 and 4ŠŠ          Replace the words “a candidate or any other” in theŠ          first line of paragraph 5 by the word “any” and theŠ          word “election” in the third line of paragraph 5 byŠ          the word “referendum”ŠŠ          Strike out paragraph 6ŠŠ          Strike out the words “other than a candidate” in theŠ          first line of paragraph 7ŠŠ          Replace the words “a candidate or a party” in theŠ          fourth and fifth lines of paragraph 8 by the wordsŠ          “an option submitted to the referendum”ŠŠ          Insert after the word “the” in the second line ofŠ          paragraph 9 the word “authorized”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the first line ofŠ          paragraph 10 by the word “referendum”, the wordŠ          “representative” in the third line of paragraph 10 byŠ          the word “agent”, the word “election” in the thirdŠ          and fifth lines of paragraph 10 by the wordŠ          “regulated”, and the words “an election” in theŠ          fourth line of paragraph 10 by the words “aŠ          regulated”ŠŠ409       Replace the words “An authorized party” in the firstŠ          line of the first paragraph by the words “A nationalŠ          committee”, and the word “election” in the first lineŠ          of the first paragraph by the word “regulated”ŠŠ          Replace the second paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “The official agent shall be appointed by theŠ          chairman of the national committee who shall notifyŠ          it to the chief electoral officer.”ŠŠ          Replace the word “party” in the second line of theŠ          third paragraph by the words “national committee”ŠŠ410       Replace the first paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraphs:ŠŠ          “410.  The official agent of a national committeeŠ          may, with the approval of the chairman of theŠ          national committee, appoint the required number ofŠ          deputies and, for each electoral division, a localŠ          agent.ŠŠ          The official agent may give them a mandate to incurŠ          or authorize regulated expenses up to the amount heŠ          fixes in their deed of appointment.  The amount mayŠ          be changed at any time, in writing, by the officialŠ          agent before he files his return of regulatedŠ          expenses.”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the first line of theŠ          second paragraph by the word “regulated”ŠŠ          Replace the word “party” in the first line of theŠ          third paragraph by the words “national committee”ŠŠ411       Replace the first paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “411.  Every official agent or local agent mayŠ          authorize, in writing, an advertising agency to incurŠ          or order regulated expenses up to the amount he fixesŠ          in the authorization.  That amount may be changed atŠ          any time, in writing, by the official agent or theŠ          local agent, as the case may be, before he files hisŠ          return of regulated expenses.”ŠŠ          Insert after the word “agent” in the first line ofŠ          the second paragraph the words “or the local agent,Š          as the case may be”ŠŠ413       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “413.  If the official agent dismisses a local agent,Š          he shall notify it in writing to the returningŠ          officer.  He may appoint another local agent.”ŠŠ414       Replace the word “official” in the second line of theŠ          first paragraph by the word “local”ŠŠ          Replace the words “an official” in the first line ofŠ          the second paragraph by the words “a local” and theŠ          words “candidate or his mandatary” in the fourth lineŠ          of the second paragraph by the words “officialŠ          delegate”ŠŠ415       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “415.  No person may act as the official agent of aŠ          national committee, his deputy or a local agentŠ          unless he is qualified to vote.”ŠŠ416       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “416.  An official agent, his deputy or a local agentŠ          shall pay the cost of regulated expenses only out ofŠ          a referendum fund.”ŠŠ417       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “417.  During a referendum period, only the officialŠ          agent of a national committee, his deputy or a localŠ          agent may incur or authorize regulated expenses.”ŠŠ418       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “418.  No literature, advertising material or radioŠ          or television program contemplated in section 406 mayŠ          be used during a referendum period except by theŠ          official agent of a national committee, his deputy orŠ          a local agent, or with their authorization.”ŠŠ419       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “419.  No person may accept or execute an order forŠ          regulated expenses not given or authorized by theŠ          official agent of a national committee, his deputy, aŠ          local agent or authorized advertising agency.”ŠŠ420       Replace the word “election” in the first line of theŠ          first paragraph by the word “regulated” and the wordŠ          “election” in the third line of the first paragraphŠ          by the word “referendum”ŠŠ422Š425       Replace the words “an election” in the first andŠ          second lines of the first paragraph by the words “aŠ          referendum” and the words “or his deputy” in theŠ          third line of the first paragraph by the words “, hisŠ          deputy or the local agent”ŠŠ          Replace the words “an election” in the first line ofŠ          the second paragraph by the words “a referendum” andŠ          the words “or his deputy” in the third line of theŠ          second paragraph by the words “, his deputy or theŠ          local agent”ŠŠ          Replace the words “an election, the name and title ofŠ          the official agent or his deputy” in the first andŠ          second lines of the third paragraph by the words “aŠ          referendum, the name and title of the official agent,Š          his deputy or the local agent”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the first line of theŠ          fourth paragraph by the word “regulated”, and theŠ          words “an election” in the second line of the fourthŠ          paragraph by the words “a referendum”ŠŠ426       Replace the words “the official agents of severalŠ          candidates” in the first line by the words “severalŠ          local agents”, the word “official” in the third lineŠ          by the word “local”, and the word “party” in theŠ          fourth line by the words “national committee”ŠŠ428       Replace the word “election” in the first line of theŠ          first paragraph by the word “regulated”ŠŠ429       Replace the first and second paragraphs by theŠ          following paragraphs:ŠŠ          “429.  Every person to whom an amount is due forŠ          regulated expenses shall present his claim to theŠ          official agent or the local agent within 60 daysŠ          following polling day.  In no case may the regulatedŠ          expenses be paid by the official agent or the localŠ          agent after that period has expired.ŠŠ          If the official agent or local agent has died orŠ          resigned and has not been replaced, the claim shallŠ          be forwarded within the same time limit to theŠ          chairman of the national committee or to the officialŠ          agent, as the case may be.”ŠŠ430       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “430.  Regulated expenses shall be limited so asŠ          never to exceed for a national committee, during oneŠ          referendum, 50 cents per elector for all theŠ          electoral divisions.”ŠŠ432       Replace the word “election” in the first line by theŠ          word “referendum”ŠŠ436       Replace the first paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “436.  Within 90 days following polling day, theŠ          official agent of each national committee and,Š          through him, each local agent he has appointed, shallŠ          deliver to the chief electoral officer a return ofŠ          the regulated expenses incurred or authorized byŠ          them.”ŠŠ          Replace the word “return” in the first line of theŠ          second paragraph by the word “returns”ŠŠ          Insert, after the word “deputies”, in the first lineŠ          of the third paragraph the words “and the localŠ          agents” and replace the words “the return” in theŠ          second line of the third paragraph by the words “hisŠ          return”ŠŠ437       Replace the word “election” in the second line by theŠ          word “regulated”ŠŠ438       Replace the words and figures “in sections 433 and”Š          in the second line by the word “section”ŠŠ          Insert, after the first paragraph, the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “The receipts issued for the contributions, for anyŠ          amount whatever, must however remain confidential.”ŠŠ          Replace the words “leader of the party or to theŠ          candidates” in the second line of the secondŠ          paragraph by the words “chairman of the nationalŠ          committee” and the words “if they so request” in theŠ          third line of the second paragraph by the words “ifŠ          the latter so request”ŠŠ439       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “439.  In the returns provided for by section 436,Š          the official agent and the local agent shallŠ          indicate, in addition to regulated expenses, theŠ          source of the sums of money paid into the referendumŠ          fund put at their disposal.ŠŠ          They shall also indicateŠŠ          (1) the financial institutions with which the sumsŠ          collected by the national committee have beenŠ          deposited and the account numbers used;ŠŠ          (2) the total of the contributions of $100 or less;ŠŠ          (3) the total of the contributions of over $100;ŠŠ          (4) the total value of services rendered and goodsŠ          furnished free of charge;ŠŠ          (5) the total of the sums transferred or loaned byŠ          the official representative of an authorized party.”ŠŠ440       Replace the words and figures “sections 433 and 436”Š          in the first line of the first paragraph by the wordŠ          and figure “section 436”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the second line of theŠ          second paragraph by the word “referendum”ŠŠ441Š442       Replace the second paragraph by the followingŠ          paragraph:ŠŠ          “If the claim is not contested by the official agent,Š          he shall forward to the chief electoral officer theŠ          necessary additional sum, out of his referendum fund,Š          to enable him to discharge the claim.”ŠŠ443       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “443.  On filing the return prescribed by sectionŠ          436, the official agent of a national committee shallŠ          keep the remaining sums and goods in his referendumŠ          fund.ŠŠ          The sums and goods may be used only for political,Š          religious, scientific or charitable purposes.”ŠŠ445       Replace the words “candidate or the leader of theŠ          party” in the first and second lines by the wordsŠ          “chairman or the official agent of the nationalŠ          committee” and the words “party or a candidate, asŠ          the case may be”, in the fifth and sixth lines by theŠ          words “national committee”ŠŠ446       Replace the words “a candidate or party leader” inŠ          the first line of the first paragraph by the wordsŠ          “the chairman or the official agent of a nationalŠ          committee”ŠŠ          Strike out the figure and word “433 or” in the fourthŠ          line of the first paragraphŠŠ447       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “447.  Before filing the return and statementŠ          prescribed by section 436, an official agent or aŠ          local agent must have discharged all the claimsŠ          received within the period fixed by section 429Š          unless he contests them and indicates them asŠ          contested.ŠŠ          In no case may the official agent or local agent orŠ          the national committee pay a claim so contested.Š          Only the official agent may pay the claim inŠ          execution of a judgment of a competent court inŠ          favour of the creditor after the hearing of the caseŠ          and not upon an acquiescence in the demand or anŠ          agreement of settlement.ŠŠ          The chief electoral officer, if no national committeeŠ          objects, may authorize the official agent of aŠ          national committee to pay a contested claim if theŠ          refusal or failure to pay results from a bona fideŠ          error.”ŠŠ448       Insert, after the word “agent” in the second line,Š          the words “or a local agent”ŠŠ449       Replace the word “representative” in the first lineŠ          by the word “agent”, replace the word “election” inŠ          the second line by the word “regulated”, and the wordŠ          “election” in the sixth line by the word “regulated”ŠŠ450       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “450.  The judge having jurisdiction to decide anŠ          application under sections 445 to 448 is the chiefŠ          judge of the Provincial Court.ŠŠ          No application contemplated in the first paragraphŠ          may be heard without a notice of at least three clearŠ          days to the chief electoral officer and to theŠ          chairman of each national committee.”ŠŠ460Š490Š491Š493       Replace the word “election” in paragraph 1 by theŠ          word “referendum”ŠŠ          Replace the word “candidate” in the first line ofŠ          paragraph 6 by the words “national committee”ŠŠ494       Replace the word “election” in the second line ofŠ          paragraph 2 by the word “referendum”ŠŠ495Š496Š497       Replace the word “election” in the fourth line by theŠ          word “referendum”ŠŠ498       Replace the word “candidate” in the first line ofŠ          paragraph 1 by the words “official delegate”ŠŠ          Replace the words “a candidate” in the third andŠ          fourth lines of paragraph 2 by the words “an option”ŠŠ          Replace the words “an election period by a candidate”Š          in the first line of the second paragraph by theŠ          words “a referendum period by an official delegate”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the first line ofŠ          subparagraph 1 of the third paragraph by the wordŠ          “regulated”ŠŠ          Replace the words “the election of a candidate at anŠ          election” in the fourth line of paragraphs 1 and 2 ofŠ          the third paragraph by the words “an option submittedŠ          at a referendum”ŠŠ499Š500       Insert after the word “agent” in the first line theŠ          words “or local agent”ŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the first line ofŠ          paragraph 1 by the word “regulated”ŠŠ501       Replace the words “candidate or party leader” in theŠ          first line by the words “chairman or officialŠ          delegate of a national committee” and the wordŠ          “election” in the second line by the word “regulated”ŠŠ504       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “504.  Whoever omits to file a report or returnŠ          prescribed by Title VIII is liable to a fine of $50Š          for each day of delay.”ŠŠ505Š506       Insert, after the figure “490” in the second line ofŠ          the first paragraph, the word and figures “, 491 andŠ          493”ŠŠ507       Replace the figure “502” in the second line by theŠ          figure “501”ŠŠ508       Replace the section by the following section:ŠŠ          “508.  Every person who contravenes any of sectionsŠ          337, 365, 367 to 370, 372 to 374, 376 to 378, 381,Š          383, 413, 416 to 420, 422, 425 and 428 is guilty ofŠ          an offence and liable, in addition to costs, to aŠ          fine of not less than $100 and not more thanŠ          $10 000.”ŠŠ509Š510       Strike out the words and figures “in paragraph 8 ofŠ          section 492” in the second line of the firstŠ          paragraphŠŠ          Replace the word “election” in the fifth line of theŠ          second paragraph by the word “regulated” and insertŠ          after the word “agent” in the fifth line of theŠ          second paragraph the words “or the local agent”ŠŠ511       Strike out the second paragraphŠ512Š513       Replace the word “election” in the third line by theŠ          word “referendum”ŠŠ514       Replace the words “an election” in the first line byŠ          the words “a poll” and the word “election” in theŠ          third line by the word “referendum”ŠŠ515Š516Š517Š518ŠSchedule A

Schedule B  Replace Schedule B by the following schedule:ŠŠSCHEDULE BŠŠREFERENDUM CALENDARŠŠReferendum period without enumeration

Schedule C  Replace Schedule C by the following schedule:ŠŠSCHEDULE CŠŠREFERENDUM CALENDARŠŠReferendum period with enumeration

Schedule F  Replace the schedule by the following schedule:ŠŠSCHEDULE FŠŠSTATEMENT OF POLLŠŠElectoral division of .........................................ŠŠ                                 Polling subdivision No. ......ŠŠ---------------------------------------------------------------Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers received from the       .       .      Š returning officer ............................ .       . .....Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers cast for .............. . ..... .      Š                          (Indicate the option) .       .      Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers cast for .............. . ..... .      Š                          (Indicate the option) .       .      Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers cast for .............. . ..... .      Š                          (Indicate the option) .       .      Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers cast for .............. . ..... .      Š                          (Indicate the option) .       .      Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers cast for .............. . ..... .      Š                          (Indicate the option) .       .      Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers cast for .............. . ..... .      Š                          (Indicate the option) .       .      Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers cast for .............. . ..... .      Š                          (Indicate the option) .       .      Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers spoiled (not placed in  .       .      Š box) ......................................... . ..... .      Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers rejected in counting    .       .      Š the ballots .................................. . ..... .      Š                                                .       .      ŠNumber of ballot papers not used .............. . ..... .      Š                                                ---------------Š                                                .       .      ŠTotals ........................................ . ..... . .....Š---------------------------------------------------------------Š  Given under my hand, at ....................................,Šthis ..............................................  19........Š                                  .............................Š                                     Deputy Returning Officer

Schedule G  Replace the schedule by the following schedule:ŠŠSCHEDULE GŠŠSTATEMENT OF VOTESŠŠElectoral division of .........................................ŠŠ                                Polling subdivision No. .......ŠŠ  I, the undersigned, deputy returning officer, certify that atŠthe poll held this day, the options listed below received theŠnumber of votes set opposite their respective indications:ŠŠ---------------------------------------------------------------Š         Indication of option         .     Number of votes    Š---------------------------------------------------------------Š  ..................................  .  ...................   Š  ..................................  .  ...................   Š  ..................................  .  ...................   Š  ..................................  .  ...................   Š  ..................................  .  ...................   Š  ..................................  .  ...................   Š  ..................................  .  ...................   Š---------------------------------------------------------------ŠŠand also thatŠ .......... ballot papers were rejected in counting the ballots.Š(number in letters)ŠŠ  Given under my hand, at ....................................,Šthis ................................................  19......ŠŠ                                  .............................Š                                    Deputy Returning OfficerŠ----------------Š1978, c. 6, Appendix 2; 1980, c. 6, ss. 1-19; 1979, c. 71, s.Š170; 1981, c. 4, ss. 18-23; 1982, c. 31, ss. 108-117; 1982, c.Š58, s. 24; 1982, c. 54, ss. 50-51; 1982, c. 62, s. 143; 1983,Šc. 54, ss. 32-33; 1984, c. 51, s. 547, s. 561; 1985, c. 30, s.Š33, s. 34, s. 145.