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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 162 from 2003-01-01 to 2007-07-25:


Marginal note:Duties of poll clerk

 Each poll clerk shall

  • (a) make, on the prescribed form, the entries that the deputy returning officer directs under this Act;

  • (b) as soon as the elector’s ballot has been deposited in the ballot box, indicate, beside the name of the elector on the list of electors, that the elector has voted;

  • (c) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector has voted under a transfer certificate issued under section 158 or 159 and give the number of the certificate;

  • (d) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector has voted, under paragraph 149(b), without his or her name being on the official list of electors;

  • (e) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector has voted under section 146;

  • (f) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector has presented identification or taken an oath and the type of oath;

  • (g) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector refused a legal requirement to show proof of identity or to take an oath or refused to answer a question regarding his or her entitlement to vote at a particular polling station;

  • (h) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that the elector has been readmitted to the polling station and allowed to vote under subsection 145(2);

  • (i) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form that an elector has voted in the circumstances described in section 147, that the oath of identity has been taken or that any other oath was required to be taken and was taken, note any objection that was made on behalf of any of the candidates and indicate the candidate’s name; and

  • (j) indicate, if applicable, on the prescribed form, that an elector has voted under a registration certificate issued under subsection 161(4).


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