17. The option in respect of the exercise of the right to vote must, to be valid for a school election, be made before the expiry of the time prescribed for an application for an alteration to the list of electors.
Such an option applies for every election, unless the elector revokes it in accordance with the procedure under section 18 or unless one of his children is admitted to educational services provided in schools of a school board having jurisdiction over the territory in which the elector is domiciled.
1989, c. 36, s. 17; 1997, c. 47, s. 58.