E-3.2 - Election Act

Section 316 Disposition versions

1985-06-20

316. In this title, unless otherwise required by the context,

“authorized entity” means a political party, party authority or independent candidate holding an authorization under this title;

“election period” means the period commencing on the day of issue of the order instituting the election and ending on polling day at the time of the closing of the polling stations;

“financial institution” means a chartered bank, a trust company or a savings and credit union as defined in the Savings and Credit Unions Act (chapter C-4);

“fiscal year” means the calendar year;

“independent candidate” means a person, other than a candidate of an authorized party, whose nomination paper has been received by the returning officer;

“official candidate” means a candidate of an authorized party whose nomination paper has been received by the returning officer;

“party authority” means the organization of a political party at the level of an electoral division, of a region or of Québec;

“permanent office of an authorized party” means the office where, with a view to propagating the political program of an authorized party and coordinating the political action of its members, employees of the party or of an agency associated with it work full time, outside the election period, to attain the party’s objectives.

1984, c. 51, s. 316; 1985, c. 30, s. 128.

1985-03-13

316. In this title, unless otherwise required by the context,

“authorized entity” means a political party, party authority or independent candidate holding an authorization under this title;

“election period” means the period commencing on the day of issue of the writ of election and ending on polling day at the time of the closing of the polling stations;

“financial institution” means a chartered bank, a trust company or a savings and credit union as defined in the Savings and Credit Unions Act (chapter C-4);

“fiscal year” means the calendar year;

“independent candidate” means a person, other than a candidate of an authorized party, whose nomination paper has been received by the returning officer;

“official candidate” means a candidate of an authorized party whose nomination paper has been received by the returning officer;

“party authority” means the organization of a political party at the level of an electoral division, of a region or of Québec;

“permanent office of an authorized party” means the office where, with a view to propagating the political program of an authorized party and coordinating the political action of its members, employees of the party or of an agency associated with it work full time, outside the election period, to attain the party’s objectives.

1984, c. 51, s. 316.