Acts and Regulations

2017, c.18 - Local Governance Act

Section 57
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Effect of election of ineligible person
57(1)If a person who is disqualified from or declared incapable of holding office under this or any other Act is elected and returned as a member of council, the person’s election and return is void.
57(2)A person who is disqualified from or declared incapable of holding office and who, in spite of that, sits or votes, or continues to sit or vote, in a council commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category E offence.
Effect of election of ineligible person
57(1)If a person who is disqualified from or declared incapable of holding office under this or any other Act is elected and returned as a member of council, the person’s election and return is void.
57(2)A person who is disqualified from or declared incapable of holding office and who, in spite of that, sits or votes, or continues to sit or vote, in a council commits an offence punishable under Part 2 of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act as a category E offence.