442. If the return and the statement prescribed by section 432 or 434 are not filed within the time prescribed, the candidate, the party leader or, if the party leader is not a Member of the National Assembly, the leader of the party in the House, as the case may be, becomes, 10 days after the expiry of the period prescribed, disqualified from sitting or voting in the National Assembly until the return and statement have been filed.
If there is no leader of the party in the House, the Member designated by the leader of the party loses the right to sit and to vote, in accordance with the first paragraph.
However, a judge may, on an application made before the candidate, the party leader, the leader of the party in the House or the Member referred to in the second paragraph, as the case may be, is disqualified from sitting or voting, allow him to continue to sit or vote for an additional period of not more than 30 days.
1989, c. 1, s. 442; 2008, c. 22, s. 67; 2010, c. 36, s. 4; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).