17.1. On receiving an objection within the time prescribed in section 17, the clerk or the secretary-treasurer shall, to ascertain whether the person making the objection is an elector within the meaning of section 13, request from the chief electoral officer the list of the persons referred to in the second paragraph of section 12.1. For that purpose, section 100 applies, with the necessary modifications.
However, the clerk or the secretary-treasurer is not required to make such a request under the first paragraph if the person who has made the objection is a person referred to in the third paragraph of section 12.1.