Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Signing, numbering and recording transfer certificate

160 The election officer who issues a transfer certificate shall

• (a) fill in and sign the certificate and mention on it the date of its issue;

• (b) consecutively number the certificate in the order of its issue;

• (c) keep a record of the certificate in the order of its issue on the prescribed form;

• (d) not issue the certificate in blank; and

• (e) if possible, send a copy of the certificate to an election officer who is assigned to the polling station on whose list of electors appears the name of the person to whom the certificate has been issued.