E-3.3 - Election Act

Section 551.1 Disposition versions

2011-12-09

551.1. The following persons are liable to a fine of $5,000 to $20,000 for a first offence, and of $10,000 to $30,000 for any subsequent offence within 10 years:

(1)  every person who signs an enumeration slip that contains information he knows to be false or inaccurate or who makes a false declaration to an enumerator;

(2)  every person who, knowingly, enters on the permanent list of electors or on a list of electors the name of a person who is not qualified as an elector or who is not entitled to have his name entered where it is entered;

(3)  every person who, knowingly, omits to enter on the permanent list of electors or on a list of electors the name of a person whose name should be entered;

(4)  every person who applies to have the name of a person he knows to be fictitious or deceased, or of a person who is not qualified as an elector or who is not entitled to have his name entered, entered on the permanent list of electors or on a list of electors;

(5)  every person who applies to have his name entered on the list of electors for a polling subdivision knowing that he is not entitled thereto;

(6)  every person who applies to have the name of a person he knows is entitled to have his name entered struck off the list of electors;

(7)  every person who strikes off the permanent list of electors or off a list of electors the name of a person he knows is entitled to have his name entered.

1995, c. 23, s. 47; 2011, c. 38, s. 10.

1995-06-16

551.1. The following persons are liable to a fine of $500 to $2,000:

(1)  every person who signs an enumeration slip that contains information he knows to be false or inaccurate or who makes a false declaration to an enumerator;

(2)  every person who, knowingly, enters on the permanent list of electors or on a list of electors the name of a person who is not qualified as an elector or who is not entitled to have his name entered where it is entered;

(3)  every person who, knowingly, omits to enter on the permanent list of electors or on a list of electors the name of a person whose name should be entered;

(4)  every person who applies to have the name of a person he knows to be fictitious or deceased, or of a person who is not qualified as an elector or who is not entitled to have his name entered, entered on the permanent list of electors or on a list of electors;

(5)  every person who applies to have his name entered on the list of electors for a polling subdivision knowing that he is not entitled thereto;

(6)  every person who applies to have the name of a person he knows is entitled to have his name entered struck off the list of electors;

(7)  every person who strikes off the permanent list of electors or off a list of electors the name of a person he knows is entitled to have his name entered.

1995, c. 23, s. 47.