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Article 82
 

(1) Within three days of the publication of the Writ the person responsible for the administration of a retirement home shall send to the sub-committee:


(a) a list of all persons resident at such retirement home, indicating the name, a legally valid identification document number, last known address, age, ward number, name and address of next of kin and whether registered as a voter in the home address or otherwise;


(b) a list of all staff at the retirement home indicating the name, a legally valid identification document number, address, grade and working hours up to the day following the day fixed for voting.


(2) Fourteen days prior to polling day the person responsible for the administration of hospitals shall send to the sub-committee:


(a) a list of all patients currently in the hospitals indicating the name, a legally valid identification document number, last known address, ward number, name and address of the next of kin. The person responsible for the administration shall send updated lists of the patients on a daily basis to the subcommittee until the day preceding the Thursday prior to polling day; and


(b) a list of all staff at the hospital indicating the name, a legally valid identification document number, address, grade and working hours up to the day following the day fixed for voting.


(3) On receipt thereof the sub-committee shall immediately provide the political parties with copies of such lists.


(4) The administrator of every retirement home and hospital shall keep such lists updated and shall immediately send to the subcommittee any amendments thereto and the sub-committee shall immediately inform the political parties of such amendments.


(5) Members of the staff in retirement homes and hospitals are expressly prohibited from engaging in propaganda for any political party or candidate and any employee contravening this article shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to the penalty of general interdiction for a period of ten years and the provisions of the Probation Act and of article 22 of the Criminal Code shall not apply.