L-4.1 - Act respecting electoral lists

Section 74 Disposition versions

1982-12-18

74. (1)  Not later than Saturday of the week during which an enumeration has taken place, the enumerators must complete the electoral list, certify its correctness by a joint oath, drawn up in form 12, and remit it to the returning officer.

(2)  A notice, advising the electors of the dates of the revision and for the filing of applications for the entry or striking off of names or for correction and indicating the places where such applications must be filed, shall be published in a newspaper circulated in the polling subdivision.

(3)  After the enumeration, the returning officer shall, immediately and at the same time, transmit a certified true copy of the list to the Prime Minister or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, to the Leader of the Official Opposition or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, and to every member, other than the Leader of the Official Opposition, who leads in the National Assembly an opposition party mentioned in section 7 of the Act respecting the conditions of employment and the pension plan of the Members of the National Assembly (chapter C-52.1), or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing. Every independent member sitting in the National Assembly is also entitled to receive a certified true copy of the electoral list for the electoral division which he represents. The returning officer shall also send free of charge to every municipality and school board such a copy of the list of each polling subdivision comprised in the territory of either one.

(4)  The enumerator who refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section must be dismissed and replaced immediately by the returning officer. The enumerator appointed to replace him must make and complete the list jointly with the other enumerator, following which such list shall be certified under oath in the manner prescribed in subsection 1; thereupon, the electoral list, so attested under oath, has the same legal value as if the work had been entirely done by the new enumerator jointly with the other enumerator.

(5)  The dismissed enumerator shall not be entitled to any remuneration.

R. S. 1964, c. 7, s. 74; 1972, c. 6, s. 24; 1975, c. 8, s. 16; 1975, c. 9, s. 9; 1979, c. 56, s. 261, s. 288.

1980-08-15

74. (1)  Not later than Saturday of the week during which an enumeration has taken place, the enumerators must complete the electoral list, certify its correctness by a joint oath, drawn up in form 12, and remit it to the returning officer.

(2)  A notice, advising the electors of the dates of the revision and for the filing of applications for the entry or striking off of names or for correction and indicating the places where such applications must be filed, shall be published in a newspaper circulated in the polling subdivision.

(3)  After the enumeration, the returning officer shall, immediately and at the same time, transmit a certified true copy of the list to the Prime Minister or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, to the Leader of the Official Opposition or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, and to every member, other than the Leader of the Official Opposition, who leads in the National Assembly an opposition party mentioned in section 77 of the Legislature Act, or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing. Every independent member sitting in the National Assembly is also entitled to receive a certified true copy of the electoral list for the electoral division which he represents. The returning officer shall also send free of charge to every municipality and school board such a copy of the list of each polling subdivision comprised in the territory of either one.

(4)  The enumerator who refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section must be dismissed and replaced immediately by the returning officer. The enumerator appointed to replace him must make and complete the list jointly with the other enumerator, following which such list shall be certified under oatch in the manner prescribed in subsection 1; thereupon, the electoral list, so attested under oath, has the same legal value as if the work had been entirely done by the new enumerator jointly with the other enumerator.

(5)  The dismissed enumerator shall not be entitled to any remuneration.

R. S. 1964, c. 7, s. 74; 1972, c. 6, s. 24; 1975, c. 8, s. 16; 1975, c. 9, s. 9; 1979, c. 56, s. 261, s. 288.

1977-12-31

74. (1)  Not later than Saturday of the week during which an enumeration has taken place, the enumerators must complete the electoral list and certify the correctness of each copy by a joint oath, drawn up in form 12.

On the same day, the enumerators shall post up one copy of the electoral list for each polling-subdivision in a centrally located public place of easy access in the polling-subdivision, and mail or remit the other five copies of the list to the returning-officer.

(2)  A notice in form 13, duly filled out by the enumerators, advising the electors of the dates of the revision and for the deposit of applications for the entry or striking off of names or for corrections, shall be added to the list so posted up.

Notices advising the electors of the places where such applications must be filed shall be published in accordance with section 452.

(3)  After the enumeration, the returning-officer shall, immediately and at the same time, transmit a certified true copy of the list to the Prime Minister or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, to the Leader of the Official Opposition or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, and to every member, other than the Leader of the Official Opposition, who leads in the Assemblée nationale an opposition party mentioned in section 77 of the Legislature Act, or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing. Every independent member sitting in the Assemblée nationale is also entitled to receive a certified true copy of the electoral list for the electoral district which he represents. The returning-officer shall also send free of charge to every municipality and school board such a copy of the list of each polling-subdivision comprised in the territory of either one.

(4)  The enumerator who refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section must be dismissed and replaced immediately by the returning-officer. The enumerator appointed to replace him must make and complete the list jointly with the other enumerator, following which such list shall be certified under oatch in the manner prescribed in subsection 1; thereupon, the electoral list, so attested under oath, has the same legal value as if the work had been entirely done by the new enumerator jointly with the other enumerator.

(5)  The dismissed enumerator shall not be entitled to any remuneration.

R. S. 1964, c. 7, s. 74; 1972, c. 6, s. 24; 1975, c. 8, s. 16; 1975, c. 9, s. 9.