Third Session, Thirty-Ninth Legislature

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Bill 214

THE ELECTIONS AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. E30 amended

1

The Elections Act is amended by this Act.

2

Clauses 53(2)(f) and 188(2)(b), section 184 and subsection 191(3) are amended by striking out "sections 178 to 183" and substituting "sections 178 to 183.1".

3

The following is added after section 183:

Offence re election signs

183.1

A person who unlawfully takes down, covers up, mutilates, defaces or alters a sign or poster set up or displayed by or on behalf of a candidate is guilty of an offence.

4

Subsection 185(1) is replaced with the following:

Penalty for serious offences

185(1)

A person who is guilty of an offence under

(a) sections 178 to 183 is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $10,000., or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both; and

(b) section 183.1 is liable on summary conviction to both a fine of not less than $500. and not more than $2,000. and imprisonment for a term of not less than 24 hours and not more than one year.

Coming into force

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This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.