345. Where the levy of a school tax is subject to the approval of the electors, the vote shall be taken in accordance with sections 346 to 353 of this Act and the provisions of the Act respecting school elections (chapter E-2.3) concerning electors, election officers, polling, proceedings after the close of the pool, the electoral code of ethics and contestation of elections shall apply, adapted as required, to the referendum. To that end, the returning officer for the referendum shall exercise the functions and powers of the returning officer.
However, the list of electors for the purposes of the referendum is the list that was used for the last general election of commissioners, subject to applications for entry, striking off or correction.
The provisions of the Act respecting school elections concerning the revision of the list of electors apply; to that end, the returning officer for the referendum exercises the functions and powers of the returning officer.
The director general of the school board is ex officio the returning officer for the referendum; where he is unable to perform his functions, the person designated by the school board shall exercise the functions and powers of the returning officer for the referendum.
1988, c. 84, s. 345; 1990, c. 78, s. 54.