1 (1) In this Act, “by-election” means an election other than a regular election; (“élection partielle”) “candidate” means a person who has been nominated under section 33; (“candidat”) “certified candidate” means a candidate whose nomination has been certified under section 35; (“candidat certifié”) “Chief Electoral Officer” means the Chief Electoral Officer who holds office under the Election Act; (“directeur général des élections”) “clerk” means the clerk of a municipality; (“secrétaire”) “compliance audit committee” means, in relation to a municipality or local board, the committee established under section 88.37; (“comité de vérification de conformité”) “fund-raising function” means an event or activity, (a)  held by a candidate or under a candidate’s direction for the purpose of raising funds for his or her election campaign, or (b)  held by a registered third party or under its direction for the purpose of raising funds in relation to third party advertisements; (“activité de financement”) “local board” means a local board as defined in the Municipal Affairs Act, including a police village; (“conseil local”) “locality” means territory without municipal organization that is deemed to be a district municipality under the Education Act; (“localité”) “office” means an office to which election is governed by this Act; (“poste”) “owner or tenant”, in relation to an election, means a person who is the owner or tenant shown on the assessment roll of land assessed under the Assessment Act and a non-residential tenant of land assessed under the Assessment Act, whether or not the tenant is shown on the assessment roll, but does not include an owner or tenant of land who is entitled to use the land under a time share contract unless the person is entitled to use the land, (a)  on voting day, or (b)  for a period of six weeks or more during the calendar year in which voting day of the election is held; (“propriétaire ou locataire”) “permanent register of electors” means the permanent register of electors for Ontario established and maintained by the Chief Electoral Officer under section 17.1 of the Election Act; (“registre permanent des électeurs”) “prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister; (“prescrit”) “qualifying address” means the address that qualifies an elector under section 17; (“adresse habilitante”) “registered third party” means, in relation to an election in a municipality, an individual, corporation or trade union that is registered under section 88.6; (“tiers inscrit”) “restricted period for third party advertisements” means the period described in subsection 88.4 (2); (“période de restriction pour la publicité de tiers”) “tenant” includes an occupant and a person in possession other than the owner; (“locataire”) “third party advertisement” means an advertisement in any broadcast, print, electronic or other medium that has the purpose of promoting, supporting or opposing, (a)  a candidate, or (b)  a “yes” or “no” answer to a question referred to in subsection 8 (1), (2) or (3), but does not include an advertisement by or under the direction of a candidate or an advertisement described in subsection (2) or (2.1); (“publicité de tiers) “time share contract” means a contract by which a person acquires the right to use a property for residential purposes, (a)  for a period of time each year, or other interval, and (b)  as part of a plan that provides for the use of the property to circulate among persons participating in the plan; (“contrat de multipropriété”) “trade union” means a trade union as defined in the Labour Relations Act, 1995 or the Canada Labour Code (Canada) and includes a central, regional or district labour council in Ontario; (“syndicat”) “voting day” means the day on which the final vote is to be taken in an election. (“jour du scrutin”) 1996, c. 32, Sched., s. 1; 1997, c. 31, s. 157 (1); 2002, c. 17, Sched. D, s. 1; 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 21, s. 8 (1); 2016, c. 15, s. 1 (1-6); 2020, c. 23, Sched. 4, s. 1; 2020, c. 26, Sched. 2, s. 1. Interpretation: presiding judge (1.1) A reference in this Act to a presiding judge means a judge or a justice of the peace.  2009, c. 33, Sched. 21, s. 8 (2). Deemed exception, third party advertisement (2) An advertisement is deemed not to be a third party advertisement for the purposes of this Act if the person or entity that causes the advertisement to appear in any broadcast, print, electronic or other medium incurs no expenses in relation to the advertisement. 2016, c. 15, s. 1 (7). Same (2.1) An advertisement is deemed not to be a third party advertisement for the purposes of this Act when it is given or transmitted by an individual to his or her employees, by a corporation to its shareholders, directors, members or employees or by a trade union to its members or employees. 2016, c. 15, s. 1 (7). Corporations deemed to be single corporation (3) For the purposes of this Act, two or more corporations are deemed to be a single corporation, (a)  if one of the corporations controls the others, either directly or indirectly; or (b)  if all of the corporations are owned or controlled by the same person or group of persons, either directly or indirectly. 2016, c. 15, s. 1 (8). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1997, c. 3, s. 11 (1) - 24/04/1997; 1997, c. 31, s. 157 (1) - 01/01/1998 2002, c. 17, Sched. D, s. 1 (1, 2) - 01/01/2003; 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table - 01/01/2003 2009, c. 33, Sched. 21, s. 8 (1, 2) - 01/01/2010 2016, c. 15, s. 1 (1, 2, 4, 5, 8) - 09/06/2016; 2016, c. 15, s. 1 (3, 6, 7) - 01/04/2018 2020, c. 23, Sched. 4, s. 1 - 01/01/2023; 2020, c. 26, Sched. 2, s. 1 (1, 2) - 20/11/2020