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E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities
Section 346.1
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346.1. The Minister may, at the request of the returning officer and after informing the Chief Electoral Officer, postpone or suspend an election where the safety of persons or property is threatened by a real or apprehended emergency situation or when an unforeseeable event seriously hinders the orderly conduct of the election.
The Minister may prescribe the standards applicable to the resumption of the election and may for that purpose adapt any provision of this Act, except Chapters XIII and XIV.
The Chief Electoral Officer may then, after informing the Minister, adapt any provision of Chapters XIII and XIV.
Within 30 days following the polling day fixed for the postponed or suspended election, the Minister must transmit to the President or the Secretary General of the National Assembly a report on the decisions the Minister made under the first and second paragraphs. The Chief Electoral Officer must do likewise with regard to the decisions he made under the third paragraph. The President shall table the reports in the National Assembly within 30 days after the day on which he received them or, if the Assembly is not sitting, within 30 days after resumption.
