350. The leave begins on the day the employee becomes a candidate, a member of the council, an official agent or the deputy of an official agent, as the case may be, or on the first day for which he requested the leave, whichever is later.
The leave of a candidate terminates on the day of the declaration of election to the office concerned, that granted to a member of the council terminates on the expiry of his term and that granted to an official agent or deputy terminates on the expiry of the time prescribed for the transmission of returns of election expenses.
An employee may terminate his leave at any time by means of a thirty-day advance notice to the employer in the case of a council member or five days, in other cases.