E-3.3 - Election Act

Section 552 Disposition versions

2022-03-10

552. The following persons are liable to a fine of $500 to $10,000 for a first offence and of $3,000 to $30,000 for every subsequent offence within five years:

(1)  every person who offers himself as a candidate, knowing he is disqualified;

(2)  every person who supports a nomination paper, when he is not an elector whose name is entered on the list of electors for the electoral division for which the nomination paper is filed;

(3)  every person who uses the signature of others as support on a nomination paper;

(4)  every candidate or mandatary who collects signatures of support and falsely declares that the persons who signed the nomination paper did so in his presence or that they are electors in the electoral division;

(5)  every person who collects signatures of support without being a candidate or mandatary;

(6)  every candidate who signs more than one nomination paper;

(7)  every person who presents himself as a candidate of an authorized party, when the letter contemplated in section 241 is false;

(8)  every returning officer who accepts a nomination paper which is improper or not accompanied with all the required documents, or which is filed by an elector who is not registered on the list of electors.

1989, c. 1, s. 552; 1998, c. 52, s. 81; 2001, c. 72, s. 30; 2011, c. 38, s. 14; 2021, c. 37, s. 128.

2011-12-09

552. The following persons are liable to a fine of $500 to $10,000 for a first offence and of $3,000 to $30,000 for every subsequent offence within five years:

(1)  every person who offers himself as a candidate, knowing he is disqualified;

(2)  every person who supports a nomination paper, when he is not an elector whose name is entered on the list of electors for the electoral division for which the nomination paper is filed;

(3)  every person who uses the signature of others as support on a nomination paper;

(4)  every candidate or mandatary who collects signatures of support and falsely declares that he knows the persons whose names appear on the nomination papers, that they signed in his presence or that they are electors in the electoral division;

(5)  every person who collects signatures of support without being a candidate or mandatary;

(6)  every candidate who signs more than one nomination paper;

(7)  every person who presents himself as a candidate of an authorized party, when the letter contemplated in section 241 is false;

(8)  every returning officer who accepts a nomination paper which is improper or not accompanied with all the required documents.

1989, c. 1, s. 552; 1998, c. 52, s. 81; 2001, c. 72, s. 30; 2011, c. 38, s. 14.

2001-12-20

552. The following persons are liable to a fine of $100 to $1,000 for a first offence and of $200 to $2,000 for every subsequent offence within five years:

(1)  every person who offers himself as a candidate, knowing he is disqualified;

(2)  every person who supports a nomination paper, when he is not an elector whose name is entered on the list of electors for the electoral division for which the nomination paper is filed;

(3)  every person who uses the signature of others as support on a nomination paper;

(4)  every candidate or mandatary who collects signatures of support and falsely declares that he knows the persons whose names appear on the nomination papers, that they signed in his presence or that they are electors in the electoral division;

(5)  every person who collects signatures of support without being a candidate or mandatary;

(6)  every candidate who signs more than one nomination paper;

(7)  every person who presents himself as a candidate of an authorized party, when the letter contemplated in section 241 is false;

(8)  every returning officer who accepts a nomination paper which is improper or not accompanied with all the required documents.

1989, c. 1, s. 552; 1998, c. 52, s. 81; 2001, c. 72, s. 30.

1999-09-22

552. The following persons are liable to a fine of $100 to $1 000 for a first offence and of $200 to $2 000 for every subsequent offence within five years:

(1)  every person who offers himself as a candidate, knowing he is disqualified;

(2)  every person who supports a nomination paper, when he is not an elector whose name is entered on the list of electors for the electoral division for which the nomination paper is filed;

(3)  every person who uses the signature of others as support on a nomination paper;

(4)  every candidate or every mandatary of a candidate who collects signatures of support and falsely declares that he knows the persons whose names appear on the nomination papers, that they signed in his presence or that they are electors in the electoral division;

(5)  every person who collects signatures of support without being a candidate or mandatary;

(6)  every candidate who signs more than one nomination paper;

(7)  every person who presents himself as a candidate of an authorized party, when the letter contemplated in section 241 is false;

(8)  every returning officer who accepts a nomination paper which is improper or not accompanied with all the required documents.

1989, c. 1, s. 552; 1998, c. 52, s. 81.

1989-04-24

552. The following persons are liable to a fine of $100 to $1 000 for a first offence and of $200 to $2 000 for every subsequent offence within five years:

(1)  every person who offers himself as a candidate, knowing he is disqualified;

(2)  every person who supports a nomination paper, when he is not an elector in the electoral division for which the nomination paper is filed;

(3)  every person who uses the signature of others as support on a nomination paper;

(4)  every candidate or every mandatary of a candidate who collects signatures of support and falsely declares that he knows the persons whose names appear on the nomination papers, that they signed in his presence or that they are electors in the electoral division;

(5)  every person who collects signatures of support without being a candidate or mandatary;

(6)  every candidate who signs more than one nomination paper;

(7)  every person who presents himself as a candidate of an authorized party, when the letter contemplated in section 241 is false;

(8)  every returning officer who accepts a nomination paper which is improper or not accompanied with all the required documents.

1989, c. 1, s. 552.