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E-2.1 - Act respecting elections in certain municipalities
Section 88
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88. If the return of a party is not submitted within the fixed time, the following person becomes, ten days after the prescribed time, disqualified to sit or vote in the municipal council until the return is filed:
(a) the leader of the party; or
(b) if the latter has not been elected, the candidate of the party for the office of mayor; or
(c) if the latter has not been elected, that candidate among the candidates of the party who has been elected in the electoral district on the electoral list of which the greatest number of electors were entered on polling day or, in case of a tie-vote, the councillor among those concerned who is determined by a drawing of lots carried out by the clerk at the first sitting of the council after the expiry of the period fixed for the production of the report.
If the report of an independent candidate is not filed within the prescribed time, that candidate if he has been elected, becomes, ten days after the expiry of the prescribed time, disqualified to sit or vote in the municipal council until the return is filed.
Sections 105, 106 and 108 apply mutatismutandis to this subdivision.
88. If the returns of a party are not filed within the fixed periods, the following person is disqualified to sit or vote in the municipal council until the returns are filed and he is excused for the delay:
(a) the leader of the party; or
(b) if the latter has not been elected, the candidate of the party for the office of mayor; or
(c) if the latter has not been elected, that candidate among the candidates of the party who has been elected in the electoral district on the electoral list of which the greatest number of electors were entered on polling day or, in case of a tie-vote, the councillor among those concerned who is determined by a drawing of lots carried out by the clerk at the first sitting of the council after the expiry of the period fixed for the production of the report.
If the report of an independent candidate is not filed within the fixed time, that candidate, if he has been elected, is disqualified to sit or vote in the municipal council until the report is filed and until he is excused for the delay.
Sections 105, 106 and 108 apply mutatismutandis to this subdivision.
