76. On 1 September of the year in which the election is held, the presiding officer shall, by public notice, publish:(a) the place, day and hour fixed for the nomination of candidates;
(b) the date of the advance poll and the opening and closing times of the polling station or stations on that day; and
(c) the date of polling day and the opening and closing times of the polling station or stations on that day.
In the case of the first election in a newly constituted municipality, the election notice shall be published within seven days following the constitution of the municipality.
The election period shall begin on the day of publication of the notice of the election and end, for each candidate for any office, on the day on which the presiding officer declares the candidate for such office elected.
1978, c. 87, s. 76; 1982, c. 63, s. 254; 1996, c. 2, s. 1050; 2002, c. 77, s. 79.