Versions of s. 285

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

2019-06-13 to present available View Source

If the ~~deputy returning~~election officer who counts the votes determines that a ballot has not been initialed by an election officer, he or she ~~has failed to initial a ballot, the deputy returning officer~~ shall, in the presence of the ~~poll~~election ~~clerk~~officer referred to in paragraph 283(1)(a) and witnesses, initial and count the ballot if ~~he or she is~~ satisfied that all ballots that were provided by the returning officer have been accounted for, as described in paragraph 283(3)(d).

Full text

If the election officer who counts the votes determines that a ballot has not been initialed by an election officer, he or she shall, in the presence of the election officer referred to in paragraph 283(1)(a) and witnesses, initial and count the ballot if satisfied that all ballots that were provided by the returning officer have been accounted for, as described in paragraph 283(3)(d).
2003-01-01 to 2019-06-13 View Source

If the deputy returning officer determines that he or she has failed to initial a ballot, the deputy returning officer shall, in the presence of the poll clerk and witnesses, initial and count the ballot if he or she is satisfied that