Chief Electoral Officer to retain statements

(1) The Chief Electoral Officer shall retain in its possession the statements referred to in subsection 477.9(3) for at least one year after the return of the writ for the election.

Information to be kept confidential

(2) The Chief Electoral Officer shall keep the statements provided under subsection 477.9(3) confidential.

Exception

(3) Subsection (2) does not prohibit the Commissioner from inspecting the statements referred to in that subsection, and any of those statements may be provided to the Director of Public Prosecutions and produced by the Director for the purpose of a prosecution for an offence under this Act.

2014, c. 12, s. 86.