6. A Legislature starts upon the receipt by the Secretary General, after a general election, of the list of the candidates declared elected transmitted by the Chief Electoral Officer pursuant to section 380 of the Election Act (chapter E-3.3). A Legislature ends on 29 August of the fourth calendar year following the year that includes the most recent general election polling day.
However, if the publication provided for in the first paragraph of section 129.1 of the Election Act has been made, the Legislature ends instead on 27 February, or 28 February in the case of a leap year, of the fifth calendar year following the year that includes the most recent general election polling day.
Only the Lieutenant-Governor may dissolve the National Assembly before the expiry of a Legislature.
1982, c. 62, s. 6; 1984, c. 51, s. 527; 2013, c. 13, s. 9.