E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities

Section 632 Disposition versions

2002-06-14

632. Every person is guilty of an offence who

(1)  offers himself as a candidate for an office on the council with the knowledge that he is ineligible;

(1.1)  offers himself as a candidate under a name that is not his own name, unless it is the name by which he is commonly known and the conditions described in section 155 are met;

(2)  supports a nomination paper with the knowledge that he is not an elector of the municipality;

(3)  affixes a name that is not his own as a supporting signature on a nomination paper;

(4)  while collecting signatures in support of a candidate, falsely declares that he knows the signatories, that they have signed in his presence or that they are electors of the municipality;

(5)  collects supporting signatures without being the person who intends to become a candidate or the person designated by the latter for that purpose on the nomination paper;

(6)  offers himself as a candidate for more than one office on the council at the same time, unless he does so in accordance with the second paragraph of section 146;

(7)  presents himself as a candidate of an authorized party or recognized ticket with the knowledge that the document accompanying his nomination paper as a letter from the leader of the party or ticket is a forgery; or who

(8)  being a returning officer, accepts a nomination paper which is incomplete or not accompanied with all the required documents;

(9)  withdraws his candidacy and fails to return the copies of the list of electors obtained by him to the returning officer;

(10)  being a party or ticket whose authorization or recognition is withdrawn, fails to return the copies of the list of electors obtained by it to the returning officer.

1987, c. 57, s. 632; 1990, c. 20, s. 19; 1995, c. 23, s. 73; 2002, c. 37, s. 210.

1997-06-01

632. Every person is guilty of an offence who

(1)  offers himself as a candidate for an office on the council with the knowledge that he is ineligible;

(2)  supports a nomination paper with the knowledge that he is not an elector of the municipality;

(3)  affixes a name that is not his own as a supporting signature on a nomination paper;

(4)  while collecting signatures in support of a candidate, falsely declares that he knows the signatories, that they have signed in his presence or that they are electors of the municipality;

(5)  collects supporting signatures without being the person who intends to become a candidate or the person designated by the latter for that purpose on the nomination paper;

(6)  offers himself as a candidate for more than one office on the council at the same time, unless he does so in accordance with the second paragraph of section 146;

(7)  presents himself as a candidate of an authorized party or recognized ticket with the knowledge that the document accompanying his nomination paper as a letter from the leader of the party or ticket is a forgery; or who

(8)  being a returning officer, accepts a nomination paper which is incomplete or not accompanied with all the required documents;

(9)  withdraws his candidacy and fails to return the copies of the list of electors obtained by him to the returning officer;

(10)  being a party or ticket whose authorization or recognition is withdrawn, fails to return the copies of the list of electors obtained by it to the returning officer.

1987, c. 57, s. 632; 1990, c. 20, s. 19; 1995, c. 23, s. 73.

1990-06-22

632. Every person is guilty of an offence who

(1)  offers himself as a candidate for an office on the council with the knowledge that he is ineligible;

(2)  supports a nomination paper with the knowledge that he is not an elector of the municipality;

(3)  affixes a name that is not his own as a supporting signature on a nomination paper;

(4)  while collecting signatures in support of a candidate, falsely declares that he knows the signatories, that they have signed in his presence or that they are electors of the municipality;

(5)  collects supporting signatures without being the person who intends to become a candidate or the person designated by the latter for that purpose on the nomination paper;

(6)  offers himself as a candidate for more than one office on the council at the same time, unless he does so in accordance with the second paragraph of section 146;

(7)  presents himself as a candidate of an authorized party or recognized ticket with the knowledge that the document accompanying his nomination paper as a letter from the leader of the party or ticket is a forgery; or who

(8)  being a returning officer, accepts a nomination paper which is incomplete or not accompanied with all the required documents.

1987, c. 57, s. 632; 1990, c. 20, s. 19.

1988-01-01

632. Every person is guilty of an offence who

(1)  offers himself as a candidate for an office on the council with the knowledge that he is ineligible;

(2)  supports a nomination paper with the knowledge that he is not an elector of the municipality;

(3)  affixes a name that is not his own as a supporting signature on a nomination paper;

(4)  while collecting signatures in support of a candidate, falsely declares that he knows the signatories, that they have signed in his presence or that they are electors of the municipality;

(5)  collects supporting signatures without being the person who intends to become a candidate or the person designated by the latter for that purpose on the nomination paper;

(6)  offers himself as a candidate for more than one office on the council at the same time;

(7)  presents himself as a candidate of an authorized party or recognized ticket with the knowledge that the document accompanying his nomination paper as a letter from the leader of the party or ticket is a forgery; or who

(8)  being a returning officer, accepts a nomination paper which is incomplete or not accompanied with all the required documents.

1987, c. 57, s. 632.