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Canada Elections Act

Version of section 147 from 2014-12-19 to 2019-06-12:


Marginal note:Person in whose name another has voted

 If a person asks for a ballot at a polling station after someone else has voted under that person’s name, the person shall not be allowed to vote unless he or she takes an oath in writing in the prescribed form. The form is to state the penalty that may be imposed under this Act on a person who is found guilty of requesting a second ballot at an election contrary to section 7 or of applying for a ballot in a name that is not his or her own contrary to paragraph 167(1)(a).

  • 2000, c. 9, s. 147
  • 2007, c. 21, s. 22
  • 2014, c. 12, s. 48

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