Acts and Regulations

E-3 - Elections Act

Section 9
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Returning officers
9(1)The Chief Electoral Officer may appoint a returning officer for each electoral district.
9(2)On receiving notice of his appointment a returning officer shall forthwith notify the Chief Electoral Officer if he is unable to act.
9(3)Immediately after his appointment, every returning officer shall take and subscribe an oath in the form prescribed by regulation, and he shall forward a duplicate of the oath to the Chief Electoral Officer within five days following his appointment.
9(4)The Chief Electoral Officer shall publish in The Royal Gazette in the month of January in each year a list of the names, addresses and occupations of the returning officers for every electoral district in the Province.
9(5)Notwithstanding subsection 14(1.1), the appointment of a returning officer made after the commencement of this subsection expires on the two hundred and fortieth day after the polling day of the general election next following the appointment.
9(5.1)Repealed: 1998, c.32, s.4
9(6)The Chief Electoral Officer may remove from office, as for cause, any returning officer who
(a) Repealed: 1988, c.9, s.1
(b) Repealed: 2010, c.6, s.3
(c) is incapable, by reason of illness, physical or mental infirmity or otherwise, of satisfactorily performing his duties,
(d) has failed to discharge competently his duties, or any of them, to the satisfaction of the Chief Electoral Officer, or
(e) has, at any time after his appointment, been guilty of politically partisan conduct, whether or not in the course of performance of his duties under this Act.
1967, c.9, s.9; 1974, c.92 (Supp.), s.2; 1988, c.9, s.1; 1990, c.34, s.1; 1998, c.32, s.4; 2010, c.6, s.3; 2022, c.21, s.4
Returning officers
9(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint a returning officer for each electoral district.
9(2)On receiving notice of his appointment a returning officer shall forthwith notify the Chief Electoral Officer if he is unable to act.
9(3)Immediately after his appointment, every returning officer shall take and subscribe an oath in the form prescribed by regulation, and he shall forward a duplicate of the oath to the Chief Electoral Officer within five days following his appointment.
9(4)The Chief Electoral Officer shall publish in The Royal Gazette in the month of January in each year a list of the names, addresses and occupations of the returning officers for every electoral district in the Province.
9(5)Notwithstanding subsection 14(1.1), the appointment of a returning officer made after the commencement of this subsection expires on the two hundred and fortieth day after the polling day of the general election next following the appointment.
9(5.1)Repealed: 1998, c.32, s.4
9(6)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may remove from office, as for cause, any returning officer who
(a) Repealed: 1988, c.9, s.1
(b) Repealed: 2010, c.6, s.3
(c) is incapable, by reason of illness, physical or mental infirmity or otherwise, of satisfactorily performing his duties,
(d) has failed to discharge competently his duties, or any of them, to the satisfaction of the Chief Electoral Officer, or
(e) has, at any time after his appointment, been guilty of politically partisan conduct, whether or not in the course of performance of his duties under this Act.
1967, c.9, s.9; 1974, c.92 (Supp.), s.2; 1988, c.9, s.1; 1990, c.34, s.1; 1998, c.32, s.4; 2010, c.6, s.3
Returning officers
9(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint a returning officer for each electoral district.
9(2)On receiving notice of his appointment a returning officer shall forthwith notify the Chief Electoral Officer if he is unable to act.
9(3)Immediately after his appointment, every returning officer shall take and subscribe an oath in the form prescribed by regulation, and he shall forward a duplicate of the oath to the Chief Electoral Officer within five days following his appointment.
9(4)The Chief Electoral Officer shall publish in The Royal Gazette in the month of January in each year a list of the names, addresses and occupations of the returning officers for every electoral district in the Province.
9(5)Notwithstanding subsection 14(1.1), the appointment of a returning officer made after the commencement of this subsection expires on the two hundred and fortieth day after the polling day of the general election next following the appointment.
9(5.1)Repealed: 1998, c.32, s.4
9(6)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may remove from office, as for cause, any returning officer who
(a) Repealed: 1988, c.9, s.1
(b) Repealed: 2010, c.6, s.3
(c) is incapable, by reason of illness, physical or mental infirmity or otherwise, of satisfactorily performing his duties,
(d) has failed to discharge competently his duties, or any of them, to the satisfaction of the Chief Electoral Officer, or
(e) has, at any time after his appointment, been guilty of politically partisan conduct, whether or not in the course of performance of his duties under this Act.
1967, c.9, s.9; 1974, c.92(Supp.), s.2; 1988, c.9, s.1; 1990, c.34, s.1; 1998, c.32, s.4; 2010, c.6, s.3
Returning officers
9(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint a returning officer for each electoral district.
9(2)On receiving notice of his appointment a returning officer shall forthwith notify the Chief Electoral Officer if he is unable to act.
9(3)Immediately after his appointment, every returning officer shall take and subscribe an oath in the form prescribed by regulation, and he shall forward a duplicate of the oath to the Chief Electoral Officer within five days following his appointment.
9(4)The Chief Electoral Officer shall publish in The Royal Gazette in the month of January in each year a list of the names, addresses and occupations of the returning officers for every electoral district in the Province.
9(5)Notwithstanding subsection 14(1.1), the appointment of a returning officer made after the commencement of this subsection expires on the two hundred and fortieth day after the polling day of the general election next following the appointment.
9(5.1)Repealed: 1998, c.32, s.4
9(6)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may remove from office, as for cause, any returning officer who
(a) Repealed: 1988, c.9, s.1
(b) ceases to reside in his electoral district,
(c) is incapable, by reason of illness, physical or mental infirmity or otherwise, of satisfactorily performing his duties,
(d) has failed to discharge competently his duties, or any of them, to the satisfaction of the Chief Electoral Officer, or
(e) has, at any time after his appointment, been guilty of politically partisan conduct, whether or not in the course of performance of his duties under this Act.
1967, c.9, s.9; 1974, c.92(Supp.), s.2; 1988, c.9, s.1; 1990, c.34, s.1; 1998, c.32, s.4