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Versions of s. 175(7)

E-2.01 — Canada Elections Act · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2019-06-13 to present available View Source
    DespiteIf subsectiona (6),ballot box to be recovered is in a dwelling place or a vehicle, the returning officer may recover any ballot box that is in a deputy returning officer’s custody ifenter the Chiefdwelling Electoralplace Officer,or beingvehicle ofwithout the opinionoccupant’s thator suchowner’s actionconsent isonly necessary to ensure the integrity of the vote, directsif the returning officer tois doaccompanying so.a peace officer who enters the dwelling place or vehicle under the authority of a warrant issued under subsection (8).
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    If a ballot box to be recovered is in a dwelling place or a vehicle, the returning officer may enter the dwelling place or vehicle without the occupant’s or owner’s consent only if the returning officer is accompanying a peace officer who enters the dwelling place or vehicle under the authority of a warrant issued under subsection (8).

  2. 2014-12-19 to 2019-06-13 View Source

    Despite subsection (6), the returning officer may recover any ballot box that is in a deputy returning officer’s custody if the Chief Electoral Officer, being of the opinion that such action is necessary to ensure the integrity of the vote, directs the returning officer to do so.