E-3.3 - Election Act

Section 40.42 Disposition versions

2022-09-22

40.42. The Chief Electoral Officer shall not, except with the consent of the person concerned, communicate, or enter into an agreement for the purpose of communicating, personal information contained in the permanent list of electors for purposes other than those provided for in this Act, the Referendum Act (chapter C-64.1), the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E-2.2), the Act respecting school elections to elect certain members of the boards of directors of English-language school service centres (chapter E-2.3) or the Jurors Act (chapter J-2) or for purposes other than those provided for in the second and fourth paragraphs.

The Chief Electoral Officer may enter into an agreement with the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada to supply him with information contained in the permanent list of electors for the sole purpose of drawing up a list to be used in a federal poll. The agreement must provide for the safety measures that will be taken to ensure the confidentiality of the information transmitted.

The expenses relating to the transmission of such information, established under section 549, shall be charged to the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.

The Chief Electoral Officer may enter into an agreement, in accordance with sections 67.2.1 to 67.2.3 of the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information (chapter A-2.1), to communicate personal information contained in the permanent list of electors to a person or body wishing to use the information for study or research purposes or for the production of statistics.

1995, c. 23, s. 12; 2006, c. 22, s. 177; 2020, c. 1, s. 313; 2021, c. 25, s. 85.

2020-02-08

40.42. The Chief Electoral Officer shall not, except with the consent of the person concerned, communicate, or enter into an agreement for the purpose of communicating, personal information contained in the permanent list of electors for purposes other than those provided for in this Act, the Referendum Act (chapter C-64.1), the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E-2.2), the Act respecting school elections to elect certain members of the boards of directors of English-language school service centres (chapter E-2.3) or the Jurors Act (chapter J-2) or for purposes other than those provided for in the second paragraph.

The Chief Electoral Officer may enter into an agreement with the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada to supply him with information contained in the permanent list of electors for the sole purpose of drawing up a list to be used in a federal poll. The agreement must provide for the safety measures that will be taken to ensure the confidentiality of the information transmitted.

The expenses relating to the transmission of such information, established under section 549, shall be charged to the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.

1995, c. 23, s. 12; 2006, c. 22, s. 177; 2020, c. 1, s. 313.

2006-06-14

40.42. The Chief Electoral Officer shall not, except with the consent of the person concerned, communicate, or enter into an agreement for the purpose of communicating, personal information contained in the permanent list of electors for purposes other than those provided for in this Act, the Referendum Act (chapter C-64.1), the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E-2.2), the Act respecting school elections (chapter E-2.3) or the Jurors Act (chapter J-2) or for purposes other than those provided for in the second paragraph.

The Chief Electoral Officer may enter into an agreement with the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada to supply him with information contained in the permanent list of electors for the sole purpose of drawing up a list to be used in a federal poll. The agreement must provide for the safety measures that will be taken to ensure the confidentiality of the information transmitted.

The expenses relating to the transmission of such information, established under section 549, shall be charged to the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.

1995, c. 23, s. 12; 2006, c. 22, s. 177.

1999-04-01

40.42. The chief electoral officer shall not, except with the consent of the person concerned, communicate, or enter into an agreement for the purpose of communicating, nominative information contained in the permanent list of electors for purposes other than those provided for in this Act, the Referendum Act (chapter C-64.1), the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E-2.2), the Act respecting school elections (chapter E-2.3) or the Jurors Act (chapter J-2) or for purposes other than those provided for in the second paragraph.

The chief electoral officer may enter into an agreement with the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada to supply him with information contained in the permanent list of electors for the sole purpose of drawing up a list to be used in a federal poll. The agreement must provide for the safety measures that will be taken to ensure the confidentiality of the information transmitted.

The expenses relating to the transmission of such information, established under section 549, shall be charged to the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada.

1995, c. 23, s. 12.