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Paragraph 549
 

Solemn declaration — voting


(1) For the purposes of subsections 143(3) and (3.2), sections 144 and 147 and paragraphs 161(1)(b) and 169(2)(b), the solemn declaration by which an elector proves his or her identity and residence, proves his or her residence only, proves that he or she is qualified as an elector or proves that he or she has not previously voted at the election shall be in the prescribed form, which shall include the statements that


(a) the elector resides at the address at which he or she claims to reside;


(b) the elector is 18 years of age or older or will be 18 years of age or older on polling day; 


(c) the elector is a Canadian citizen; and


(d) the elector has not previously voted in the election and is not an elector to whom section 235 applies.


Solemn declaration — vouching for another elector


(2) For the purposes of paragraph 143(3)(b) and subparagraphs 161(1)(b)(ii) and 169(2)(b)(ii), the solemn declaration by which an elector vouches for another elector shall be in the prescribed form, which shall include the statements that


(a) the other elector resides in a polling division assigned to the polling station;


(b) to the best of the elector’s knowledge, the other elector has not previously voted at the election;


(c) the elector knows the other elector;


(d) the elector is a Canadian citizen when the other elector votes;


(e) except in a case referred to in subsection 143(3.01), 161(2) or 169(2.01), the elector has not previously vouched for any other elector at the election; and


(f) the elector has not been vouched for by another elector at the election.


2018, c. 31, s. 372.