Canada Elections Act — E-2.01 2
e électorale préliminaire ) prescribed , in relation to a form or a solemn declaration, means one that is authorized by the Chief Electoral Officer. ( prescrit ) recount means a recount of votes by a judge under Part 14. ( dépouillement judiciaire ) registered agent means a person appointed under subsection 396(1), and includes the chief agent of a registered party. ( agent enregistré ) registered association means an electoral district association that is registered in the registry of electoral district associations referred to in section 455. ( association enregistrée ) registered party means a political party that is registered in the registry of political parties referred to in section 394 as a registered party. ( parti enregistré ) Register of Electors means the Register of Electors established under paragraph 44(1)(a). ( Registre des électeurs ) Register of Future Electors means the Register of Future Electors established under paragraph 44(1)(b). ( Registre des futurs électeurs ) revised list of electors means the list of electors prepared by the returning officer under section 105. ( liste électorale révisée ) spoiled , in relation to a ballot or a special ballot as defined in section 177, means (a) one that has not been deposited in the ballot box but has been found by an election officer or a unit election officer as defined in section 177 to be soiled or improperly printed; or (b) one that is dealt with under subsection 152(1), including in relation to advance polls by virtue of subsection 171(1), or subsection 213(4), 242(1) or 258(3). ( annulé ) volunteer labour means any service provided free of charge by a person outside their working hours, but does not include such a service provided by a person who is self-employed if the service is one that is normally charged for by that person. ( travail bénévole ) writ means a writ of election. ( bref ) Commercial value of capital assets (1.1) For the purposes of this Act, the commercial value of any capital asset that is used during a nomination contest, an election period or a leadership contest, as the case may be, is the lower of (a) the commercial value of the rental of the same kind of asset during the period during which the capital asset was used, and (b) the commercial value of the same kind of asset if one were purchased. No commercial value (2) For the purposes of this Act, other than section 477.9, the commercial value of property or a service is deemed to be nil if (a) the property or service is provided by a Canadian citizen, or a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act , who is not in the business of providing that property or service; and (b) the commercial value of the property or service is $200 or less. Satisfactory proof of identity and residence (3) For the purposes of this Act, satisfactory proof of identity and satisfactory proof of residence are established in the manner determined by the Chief Electoral Officer. Time (4) A reference to a time of day in this Act is a reference to local time. Descriptive cross-references (5) If, in any provision of this Act, a reference to another provision of this Act or a provision of any other Act is followed by words in parentheses that are or purport to be descriptive of the subject-matter of the provision referred to, those words form no part of the provision in which they occur but are inserted for convenience of reference only. Definition of polling day (6) If a writ for an election is withdrawn under subsection 59(1) or is deemed to be withdrawn under subsection 31(3) of the Parliament of Canada Act , then, in Parts 16.1 and 17 and Divisions 1, 2, 4 and 5 of Part 18, polling day means the day that the writ is withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn. Definitions of election advertising and partisan advertising (7) For the purposes of the definitions election advertising and partisan advertising , promoting or opposing includes (a) in relation to a registered