Canada Elections Act (S.C. 2000, c. 9)

Marginal note:Prohibition — prevention or impairment of transmission

• 325 (1) No person shall prevent or impair the transmission to the public of an election advertising message without the consent of a person with authority to authorize its transmission.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to

  • (a) the prevention or impairment, by a public authority, of an unlawful transmission if reasonable notice has first been given to the person who authorized the transmission; or

  • (b) the removal by an employee of a public authority of a sign, poster or banner where the posting of it is a hazard to public safety.