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L-4.1 - Act respecting electoral lists

Section 117
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117. (1)  On or before Saturday of the week during which an enumeration has taken place, the enumerator must complete the electoral list and certify the correctness thereof by an oath drawn up in form 29.
The enumerator must on the same day send the returning officer one copy of the list; he shall keep the other copy of the list and make it available to the electors until the day before the revision and then send it to one of the revisors if he is not a revisor himself.
(2)  (Subsection replaced).
(3)  After the enumeration, the returning officer shall send, immediately and at the same time, a certified true copy of the list to the Prime Minister or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, to the Leader of the Official Opposition or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, and to every member other than the leader of the Official Opposition, who is the leader in the National Assembly of an opposition party mentioned in section 7 of the Act respecting the conditions of employment and the pension plan of the Members of the National Assembly (chapter C-52.1), or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing. Every independent member sitting in the National Assembly is also entitled to receive a certified true copy of the electoral list of the electoral division he represents. The returning officer shall also send free of charge to every municipality and school board such a copy of the list of each polling subdivision comprised in the territory of either one.
(4)  Every enumerator who refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section shall be immediately dismissed and replaced by the returning officer. The enumerator appointed to replace him shall make and complete the list, after which he shall certify the list under oath in the manner provided in subsection 1 of this section; thereafter such list shall have the same legal value as if the work had been wholly done by the new enumerator.
(5)  The enumerator dismissed is not entitled to any remuneration.
R. S. 1964, c. 7, s. 113; 1972, c. 6, s. 41; 1975, c. 8, s. 35; 1975, c. 9, s. 19; 1979, c. 56, s. 277, s. 288.
117. (1)  On or before Saturday of the week during which an enumeration has taken place, the enumerator must complete the electoral list and certify the correctness thereof by an oath drawn up in form 29.
The enumerator must on the same day send the returning officer one copy of the list; he shall keep the other copy of the list and make it available to the electors until the day before the revision and then send it to one of the revisors if he is not a revisor himself.
(2)  Replaced.
(3)  After the enumeration, the returning officer shall send, immediately and at the same time, a certified true copy of the list to the Prime Minister or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, to the Leader of the Official Opposition or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, and to every member other than the leader of the Official Opposition, who is the leader in the National Assembly of an opposition party mentioned in section 77 of the Legislature Act, or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing. Every independent member sitting in the National Assembly is also entitled to receive a certified true copy of the electoral list of the electoral division he represents. The returning officer shall also send free of charge to every municipality and school board such a copy of the list of each polling subdivision comprised in the territory of either one.
(4)  Every enumerator who refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section shall be immediately dismissed and replaced by the returning officer. The enumerator appointed to replace him shall make and complete the list, after which he shall certify the list under oath in the manner provided in subsection 1 of this section; thereafter such list shall have the same legal value as if the work had been wholly done by the new enumerator.
(5)  The enumerator dismissed is not entitled to any remuneration.
R. S. 1964, c. 7, s. 113; 1972, c. 6, s. 41; 1975, c. 8, s. 35; 1975, c. 9, s. 19; 1979, c. 56, s. 277, s. 288.
117. (1)  On or before Saturday of the week during which an enumeration has taken place, the enumerator must complete the electoral list and certify the correctness of each copy thereof by an oath drawn up in form 29.
The enumerator must on the same day post up a copy of the electoral list for each polling-subdivision in a centrally located public place easy of access in the subdivision.
The enumerator must on the same day mail or send the returning-officer four copies of the list; he shall keep the fifth copy of the list and make it available to the electors until the day before the revision and then send it to one of the revisors if he is not a revisor himself.
(2)  A notice in form 30, duly filled out by the enumerator, informing the electors of the dates and place of the revision and for the filing of applications for the entry, striking off or correction of names shall be attached to the list so posted up.
(3)  After the enumeration, the returning-officer shall send, immediately and at the same time, a certified true copy of the list to the Prime Minister or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, to the Leader of the Official Opposition or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing, and to every member other than the leader of the Official Opposition, who is the leader in the Assemblée nationale of an opposition party mentioned in section 77 of the Legislature Act, or the person the latter has indicated to him in writing. Every independent member sitting in the Assemblée nationale is also entitled to receive a certified true copy of the electoral list of the electoral district he represents. The returning-officer shall also send free of charge to every municipality and school board such a copy of the list of each polling-subdivision comprised in the territory of either one.
(4)  Every enumerator who refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this section shall be immediately dismissed and replaced by the returning-officer. The enumerator appointed to replace him shall make and complete the list, after which he shall certify the list under oath in the manner provided in subsection 1 of this section; thereafter such list shall have the same legal value as if the work had been wholly done by the new enumerator.
(5)  The enumerator dismissed is not entitled to any remuneration.
R. S. 1964, c. 7, s. 113; 1972, c. 6, s. 41; 1975, c. 8, s. 35; 1975, c. 9, s. 19.
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