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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.


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