I-14 - The Education Act for Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native Persons

Section 136 Disposition versions

1989-07-01

136. (Repealed).

R. S. 1964, c. 235, s. 156; 1971, c. 68, s. 1; 1989, c. 36, s. 237.

1977-12-31

136. The presiding officer, upon the application of any voter who is unable to read or is incapacitated by blindness or other physical cause from voting in the manner prescribed by this subdivision, shall assist such elector by marking his ballot paper in the manner directed by such elector, in the presence of the sworn agents of the candidates, or of the sworn electors representing them in the polling station, and of no other person.

Any voter who has attested on oath that he is unable to vote without assistance by reason of blindness, and who is accompanied by a relative or friend, may request that such relative or friend be authorized to accompany him into one of the polling booths and to mark his ballot instead of the deputy returning officer. If such relative or friend takes the oath as in form 23, the deputy returning officer shall grant such request.

The presiding officer shall require the elector making such application, before voting, to make oath, in form 23, of his incapacity to vote without such assistance.

Whenever a voter has been assisted in marking his ballot, mention thereof shall be made in the poll book opposite his name, and mention shall also be made therein of the reason why such ballot was marked by the presiding officer.

R. S. 1964, c. 235, s. 156; 1971, c. 68, s. 1.