Acts and Regulations

E-3 - Elections Act

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Ballot boxes
62(1)The Chief Electoral Officer shall provide the returning officer in each electoral district with the required ballot boxes.
62(2)Every ballot box shall be made of durable material and shall have a slit or narrow opening in the top, so constructed that the ballot papers may be introduced therein, but cannot be withdrawn therefrom unless the metal or plastic seal is broken.
62(3)Repealed: 2010, c.6, s.48
62(4)The property in ballot boxes and all election documents is vested in the Crown.
1967, c.9, s.62; 1980, c.17, s.17; 2006, c.6, s.15; 2010, c.6, s.48; 2023, c.17, s.64
Ballot boxes
62(1)The Chief Electoral Officer shall provide the returning officer in each electoral district with the required ballot boxes.
62(2)Every ballot box shall be made of durable material and shall have a slit or narrow opening in the top, so constructed that the ballot papers may be introduced therein, but cannot be withdrawn therefrom unless the metal or plastic seal is broken.
62(3)Repealed: 2010, c.6, s.48
62(4)The property in ballot boxes and all election documents is in Her Majesty.
1967, c.9, s.62; 1980, c.17, s.17; 2006, c.6, s.15; 2010, c.6, s.48
Ballot boxes
62(1)The Chief Electoral Officer may cause to be made for each electoral district such ballot boxes as are required, or he may instruct the returning officer to procure ballot boxes of uniform size and shape.
62(2)Every ballot box shall be made of durable material and shall have a slit or narrow opening in the top, so constructed that the ballot papers may be introduced therein, but cannot be withdrawn therefrom unless the metal or plastic seal is broken.
62(3)If the returning officer fails to furnish a ballot box to the deputy returning officer for any polling division within the time prescribed, or if the box that he has furnished has been removed or lost, the deputy returning officer shall have one made or procure one.
62(4)The property in ballot boxes and all election documents is in Her Majesty.
1967, c.9, s.62; 1980, c.17, s.17; 2006, c.6, s.15