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Parliament of Canada Act
First Session, Forty-second Parliament,
64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-422
An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (by-election)
FIRST READING, November 28, 2018
Mr. Cullen
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Parliament of Canada Act to provide that the writ for the by-election of a member of the House of Commons must be issued within 45 days after the receipt by the Chief Electoral Officer of the warrant for the issue of a writ. 
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1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 
64-65-66-67 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017-2018
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-422
An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (by-election)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.‍S.‍, c. P-1
Parliament of Canada Act
1 Subsection 31(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act is replaced by the following:
Issuance of election writ
31 (1) When a vacancy occurs in the House of Commons, a writ shall be issued between the 11th day and the 45th day after the receipt by the Chief Electoral Officer of the warrant for the issue of a writ for the election of a member of the House.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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