3rd Session, 43rd Legislature

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Bill 40

THE ELECTIONS AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HIS 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(1)   Subsection 55(1) is amended

(a) in item 5.1 of the English version, in the part before clause (a), by striking out "A statement of" and substituting "A statement by"; and

(b) by adding the following after item 5.1:

5.2 In the case of a prospective candidate who is or was a member of the Legislative Assembly, a statement by the prospective candidate disclosing if, in the opinion of the Ethics Commissioner appointed under The Conflict of Interest (Members and Ministers) Act, the prospective candidate contravened that Act, in circumstances where the Assembly ordered that

(a) the candidate be fined;

(b) the candidate's right to sit and vote in the Assembly be suspended; or

(c) the candidate's seat in the Assembly be declared vacant.

2(2)   Subsection 55(2) is amended by striking out "item 5.1" and substituting "items 5.1 and 5.2".

Coming into force and application

3   This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent and applies to any election held after that day, despite section 202 of The Elections Act (amendments do not apply for 90 days).