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Article 490
 

Offences requiring intent — dual procedure


Every person is guilty of an offence who


(a) contravenes any of paragraphs 169(4.1)(a) to (d) (forbidden acts re advance polling registration);


(a.1) being an election officer, knowingly contravenes subsection 174(1) (failure to permit person to vote);


(b) being an election officer, knowingly contravenes subsection 174(2) (failure to record vote); 


(c) being an election officer, contravenes any of subsections 175(1) to (3) and (5) (failure to take required measures with respect to advance polling) or subsection 176(3) (failure to cross names off list of electors) with the intention of causing the reception of a vote that should not have been cast or the non-reception of a vote that should have been cast; or


(d) being a returning officer, contravenes subsection 176(2) (failure to cross names off list of electors) with the intention of causing the reception of a vote that should not have been cast or the non-reception of a vote that should have been cast.


2000, c. 9, s. 490; 2014, c. 12, s. 94; 2018, c. 31, s. 329.