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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 48 from 2019-04-01 to 2024-04-01:


Marginal note:Adding electors and future electors

  •  (1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall, before including an elector in the Register of Electors or a future elector in the Register of Future Electors, send him or her the Chief Electoral Officer’s information relating to him or her and ask if he or she wishes to be included in the relevant register.

  • Marginal note:Obligation of elector or future elector

    (2) An elector or future elector who wishes to be included in the relevant register shall confirm, correct or complete the information, in writing, and give it to the Chief Electoral Officer along with a signed certification that he or she is qualified as an elector or as a future elector, as the case may be.

  • Marginal note:Exceptions

    (3) This section does not apply in respect of the inclusion of an elector or future elector that is

    • (a) done at his or her request;

    • (b) done using information from lists of electors or future electors established under provincial law that contain information that the Chief Electoral Officer considers sufficient for the elector’s or future elector’s inclusion; or

    • (c) done using information to update the Register of Electors under subsection 46(1.01).

  • 2000, c. 9, s. 48
  • 2018, c. 31, s. 41

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