BILL NO. 116
(as introduced)
3rd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
Elections Act
(amended)
The Honourable Ross Landry
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
First Reading: November 28, 2011
Second Reading: November 29, 2011
Third Reading: December 9, 2011 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
Explanatory Notes
Clause 1 replaces the requirement for the Chief Electoral Officer to disclose the year of birth of an elector with the requirement to provide the age category of the elector.
Clause 2 provides that any held assets not divested of by a registered party by March 31st, 2012, are forfeited to the Crown.
An Act to Amend Chapter 5
of the Acts of 2011,
the Elections Act
1 (1) Subsection 44(1) of Chapter 5 of the Acts of 2011, the Elections Act, is amended by
(a) striking out "year of birth of the elector" in the third line of clause (a) and substituting "age category of the elector as of January 1st of the calendar year in which the disclosure is made"; and
(b) striking out "year of birth of the elector for" in the third line of clause (b) and substituting "age category of the elector as of January 1st of the calendar year in which the disclosure is made for the electors in".
(2) Section 44 of Chapter 5 is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following subsection:
(a) 18 to 24 years;
(g) 75 years and over.(6) Where a registered party has not divested itself as required by subsection (5), any held assets become the property of Her Majesty in right of the Province.
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