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Article 485
 

Offences requiring intent — summary conviction


(1) Every person who contravenes paragraph 56(e) or (e.1) (unauthorized use of personal information recorded in Register of Electors or Register of Future Electors) is guilty of an offence.


Offences requiring intent — dual procedure


(2) Every person who contravenes any of paragraphs 56(a) to (d) (forbidden acts re Register of Electors or Register of Future Electors) is guilty of an offence.


2000, c. 9, s. 485; 2018, c. 31, s. 326.