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E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities
Section 588
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588. The following persons are guilty of an offence:
(1) the returning officer who makes an announcement of the results of an addition of votes with the knowledge that it does not correspond to the actual results;
(2) the returning officer who makes a declaration of election with the knowledge that it does not correspond to the final results of the poll;
(3) the clerk or clerk-treasurer who draws up a certificate of the results of the procedure for the registration of qualified voters with the knowledge that it does not correspond to the actual results;
(4) the clerk or clerk-treasurer who draws up a statement of the final results of the referendum poll with the knowledge that it does not correspond to the results.
588. The following persons are guilty of an offence:
(1) the returning officer who makes an announcement of the results of an addition of votes with the knowledge that it does not correspond to the actual results;
(2) the returning officer who makes a declaration of election with the knowledge that it does not correspond to the final results of the poll;
(3) the clerk or secretary-treasurer who draws up a certificate of the results of the procedure for the registration of qualified voters with the knowledge that it does not correspond to the actual results;
(4) the clerk or secretary-treasurer who draws up a statement of the final results of the referendum poll with the knowledge that it does not correspond to the results.
