Regulation Adapting the Canada Elections Act for the Purposes of a Referendum
Division 9
Prohibitions
Prohibitions — inside or outside
Canada
281. No person shall, inside or outside
Canada,
(a) wilfully disclose information as to how a
special ballot has been marked by an elector;
(b) wilfully interfere with, or attempt to interfere
with, an elector when marking a special
ballot, or otherwise attempt to obtain any
information as to the answer to a referendum
question for which any elector is about to
vote or has voted;
(c) knowingly make a false statement in an
application for registration and special ballot;
(d) knowingly apply for a special ballot to
which that person is not entitled;
(e) knowingly make a false statement in a
declaration signed by him or her before a
deputy returning officer;
(f) knowingly make a false declaration in the
statement of ordinary residence completed by
him or her;
(g) wilfully prevent or endeavour to prevent
an elector from voting at a referendum; or
(h) wilfully at the counting of the votes,
attempt to obtain information or communicate
information obtained at the counting as
to the answer to a referendum question for
which a vote is given in a particular special
ballot.
Prohibitions — outside Canada
282. No person shall, outside Canada,
(a) by intimidation or duress, compel a person
to vote or refrain from voting or vote or
refrain from voting for a particular answer to
a referendum question under this Part; or
(b) by any pretence or contrivance, including
by representing that the ballot or the manner
of voting at a referendum is not secret, induce
a person to vote or refrain from voting or vote
or refrain from voting for a particular answer
to a referendum question under this Part.