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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 478.1 from 2014-12-19 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Notice of leadership contest

  •  (1) If a registered party proposes to hold a leadership contest, the party’s chief agent shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer a statement setting out the dates on which the leadership contest is to begin and end.

  • Marginal note:Variation and cancellation

    (2) A registered party that proposes to vary the leadership contest period or to cancel a leadership contest shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer a statement setting out, as the case may be, the amended beginning date or ending date or the fact of its cancellation.

  • Marginal note:Publication

    (3) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, in the manner that he or she considers appropriate, publish a notice containing the information referred to in subsections (1) and (2).

  • 2003, c. 19, s. 57
  • 2014, c. 12, s. 86

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