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E-3.3 - Election Act

Section 444
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444. If a candidate or party leader shows to the Chief Electoral Officer that the absence, death, illness, misconduct or physical disability of an official agent, a case of irresistible force or any other reasonable cause prevents the preparation and delivery of the return prescribed by section 432 or section 434, the Chief Electoral Officer may grant an extension of not more than 30 days for the preparation and delivery of that return.
1989, c. 1, s. 444; 2021, c. 37, s. 119.
444. If a candidate or party leader establishes before a judge that the absence, death, illness or misconduct of an official agent or any other reasonable cause prevents the preparation and filing of the return prescribed by section 432 or 434, the judge may make any order he deems necessary to enable the applicant to obtain all the information and documents necessary to prepare the return and declaration and grant an extension of time.
1989, c. 1, s. 444.
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