67. The secretary-treasurer of the municipal corporation shall be the presiding officer for any election held under this Act. The presiding officer may appoint returning officers and poll clerks according to section 85. Such persons are referred to collectively as “election officers”.
The presiding officer for the first election in a newly organized municipality is a person determined, before the erection of such municipality, by the majority vote of the inhabitants of full age of that part of the territory, held in the manner approved by the Minister.
The presiding officer, from the publication of the election notice until the day following the closing of the election, shall be a peace officer within the limits of the municipality. He is a commissioner for oaths ex officio while holding office.
1978, c. 87, s. 67; 1992, c. 61, s. 630.