400.1. Any elector who undertakes to run as an independent candidate in the next general election may file an application for authorization with the chief electoral officer as of 1 January of the year preceding the year in which the election must be held.
Any elector who undertakes to run as an independent candidate in a by-election may file an application for authorization with the chief electoral officer as of the date on which the office becomes vacant.
The application for authorization must contain the information referred to in section 400 as well as the signatures and addresses of the number of electors of the municipality referred to in section 160 who declare that they support the application.
2001, c. 25, s. 93; 2001, c. 68, s. 58; 2016, c. 172016, c. 17, s. 571.