Canada Elections Act
Marginal note:Strict liability offences — summary conviction
489 (1) Every person is guilty of an offence who contravenes
(a) being an employer, subsection 132(1) (failure to allow time to vote) or 133(1) (making deductions from employees’ wages for time given to vote);
(b) section 165 (prohibited use of loudspeaker); or
(c) paragraph 166(1)(b) (wearing of emblems, etc., in polling station).
Marginal note:Offences requiring intent — summary conviction
(2) Every person is guilty of an offence who
(a) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(a.1) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(a.2) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(a.3) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(a.4) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(b) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(c) contravenes paragraph 166(1)(a) (display of campaign literature in polling place).
(d) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(e) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
Marginal note:Offences requiring intent — dual procedure
(3) Every person is guilty of an offence who
(a) being an employer, contravenes section 134 (preventing employee from using voting time); or
(b) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(b.1) contravenes any of paragraphs 161(5.1)(a) to (d) (forbidden acts re polling day registration).
(c) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(d) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(e) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(f) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
(g) [Repealed, 2018, c. 31, s. 328]
- 2000, c. 9, s. 489
- 2007, c. 21, s. 38
- 2014, c. 12, s. 93
- 2018, c. 31, s. 328
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