Third Session, Thirty-Seventh Legislature
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Bill 200
THE ELECTIONS AMENDMENT ACT
Explanatory Note |
(Assented to )
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
The Elections Act is amended by this Act.
Subsection 63(3) is amended by striking out "A remote" and substituting "Subject to subsection 72(3), a remote".
Subsection 72(2) is amended by striking out "Every" and substituting "Subject to subsection (3), every".
The following is added after subsection 72(2):
Advance poll hours on Remembrance Day
Every advance poll on Remembrance Day shall open at 1:00 p.m. and close at 8:00 p.m.
This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.
Explanatory Note This Bill amends The Elections Act. It requires advance polls to open from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. if an advance poll is held on Remembrance Day. |