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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 217 from 2003-01-01 to 2019-06-12:


Marginal note:Hospitalized or convalescing elector

  •  (1) An elector who is a patient in a service hospital or convalescent institution during the voting times fixed for the polling stations in his or her unit is deemed to be a member of the unit under the command of the officer in charge of the hospital or institution.

  • Marginal note:Deputy returning officer for hospitalized electors

    (2) If no deputy returning officer has been designated for a service hospital or convalescent institution, the deputy returning officer for the unit to which the hospital or institution belongs is the deputy returning officer for electors who are patients in the hospital or institution.

  • Marginal note:Bed-ridden electors

    (3) A deputy returning officer for electors who are patients in a service hospital or convalescent institution may, if that officer considers it advisable and the commanding officer for the unit approves, go from room to room to administer and collect the votes of electors who are confined to bed.


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