27. If a vacancy occurs in the Assemblée nationale by the death of any member or by his accepting any office, commission or employment, or by his becoming interested in a contract connected with the public service, or by his becoming a candidate for the House of Commons of Canada, or by his acceptance of the office of senator, the President, on being informed of such vacancy by any member in his place, or by written notice under the hands of two members, shall, under his hand, address a warrant to the director general of elections, enjoining him to issue a writ for the election of a member to fill such vacancy; and a writ shall be issued accordingly.
R. S. 1964, c. 6, s. 39; 1968, c. 9, s. 7; 1973, c. 10, s. 5; 1977, c. 11, s. 132.