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Section 170
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170. (Repealed).
170. (1) If, at the expiration of the delay prescribed by section 158, no person has been nominated to fill an office, or if the persons nominated are not sufficient in number to fill the offices, or if all the persons nominated for any office have withdrawn before the close of the poll, the returning officer shall immediately recommence the election proceedings to fill the offices for which a poll cannot be so held, and give for such purpose the notice prescribed by section 156.
The same shall apply if the nomination of candidates could not be held because the electoral list was not put into force in time, but in such case the returning officer must see that the election proceedings already commenced are continued if they were validly made.
(2) The election shall in all other respects be held in the same manner as the election contemplated in section 149.
(3) The returning officer shall not recommence the election proceedings under subsection 1 more than once, and if any of the eventualities contemplated therein then occurs, Division VIII of Chapter VI of Part I of the Act respecting elections in certain municipalities (chapter E-2.1) apply.
170. (1) If, at the expiration of the delay prescribed by section 158, no person has been nominated to fill an office, or if the persons nominated are not sufficient in number to fill the offices, or if all the persons nominated for any office have withdrawn before the close of the poll, the returning officer shall immediately recommence the election proceedings to fill the offices for which a poll cannot be so held, and give for such purpose the notice prescribed by section 156.
The same shall apply if the nomination of candidates could not be held because the electoral list was not put into force in time, but in such case the returning officer must see that the election proceedings already commenced are continued if they were validly made.
(2) The election shall in all other respects be held in the same manner as the election contemplated in section 149.
(3) The returning officer shall not recommence the election proceedings under subsection 1 more than once, and if any of the eventualities contemplated therein then occurs, subsections 1 and 3 of section 61 shall apply.
