Versions of s. 481(1)(b)

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

2026-06-18 to present available View Source

the person or entity distributes, transmits or publishes it with the intent of misleading the public into believing that it was made, distributed, transmitted or published by or under the authority of the Chief Electoral Officer, the Commissioner or that returning officer, political party, nomination contestant, candidate, potential candidate, prospective candidate or ~~prospective~~leadership ~~candidate.~~contestant.

Full text

the person or entity distributes, transmits or publishes it with the intent of misleading the public into believing that it was made, distributed, transmitted or published by or under the authority of the Chief Electoral Officer, the Commissioner or that returning officer, political party, nomination contestant, candidate, potential candidate, prospective candidate or leadership contestant.
2019-06-13 to present View Source

the person or entity distributes, transmits or publishes it with the intent of misleading the public into believing that it was made, distributed, transmitted or published by or under the authority of the Chief Electoral Officer, or that returning officer, political party, candidate or prospective candidate.