L-1 - Legislature Act

Section 16 Disposition versions

1980-08-15

16. (Repealed).

R. S. 1964, c. 6, s. 28; 1968, c. 9, s. 90; 1979, c. 56, s. 245.

1977-12-31

16. Notwithstanding any legislative provision inconsistent with sections 16 to 20, every person found guilty of treason or of a criminal act punishable by two years’ imprisonment or more shall not

(a)  be made a candidate or consent to be made a candidate at an election to select a member of the Assemblée nationale du Québec;

(b)  present himself for nomination or be nominated or consent to be nominated as a candidate for office as a member of the said Assemblée nationale;

(c)  be elected a member of the said Assemblée nationale or hold a seat therein.

Each such legal disqualification or incapacity shall be absolute and a matter of public order and shall subsist for life, in the case of a person found guilty of treason, and for five years after the term of imprisonment fixed by the sentence, in the case of a person found guilty of any other criminal act; nevertheless, if, in the latter case, the condemnation was to a fine only or if sentence is suspended, such legal disqualification or incapacity shall subsist for five years from and after the date of such condemnation or suspension of sentence.

R. S. 1964, c. 6, s. 28; 1968, c. 9, s. 90.