BILL NO. 49

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003

Private Member's Bill

Elections Act
(amended)

Darrell Dexter
Dartmouth-Cole Harbour

First Reading: May 8, 2003

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

Subsection 219(2) of the Elections Act provides that amendments to that Act do not apply to elections for which the writ is issued within six months of the enactment of the amendments. Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2002 amended the Elections Act to change the minimum age for a candidate for election to the House of Assembly from 19 to 18 years. This Bill provides that subsection 219(2) does not apply to Chapter 32.

An Act to Amend Chapter 32
of the Acts of 2002,
An Act to Amend Chapter 140
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Elections Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2002, An Act to Amend Chapter 140 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Elections Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 1 the following Section:

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