81. None of the following persons may be nominated for office as school commissioner or trustee, or elected to such office:Any person who has been convicted of any criminal offence punishable by imprisonment for at least two years. Such disqualification shall continue for five years after the term of imprisonment fixed by the sentence. However, if the term of imprisonment to which such person is liable is less than two years, or if only a fine was imposed, such disqualification shall continue for two years after the term of imprisonment fixed by the sentence, or from the date when the fine was imposed, or, if sentence is suspended, from the date when sentence was suspended.
The disqualification shall cease if the person obtains a pardon for the offence.
R. S. 1964, c. 235, s. 98; 1971, c. 67, s. 26; 1986, c. 95, s. 162.