Canadian Franchise and Election Laws: A Manual for the Use of Revising Officers, Municipal Officers, Candidates, Agents, and Electors : with Supplement Containing the Amending Acts of 1886

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Carswell, 1886 - 404 pages

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Page 241 - ... or for any other person, for voting or agreeing to vote, or for refraining or agreeing to refrain from voting at any election...
Page 269 - ... intimidation upon or against any person in order to induce or compel such person to vote or refrain from voting, or on account of such person having voted or refrained from voting, at any election, or who shall, by abduction, duress, or any fraudulent...
Page 241 - Election: 2. Every Person who shall, after any Election, directly or indirectly, by himself or by any other Person on his Behalf, receive any Money or valuable Consideration on account of any Person having voted or refrained from voting, or having induced any other Person to vote or to refrain from voting, at any Election...
Page 240 - ... offer, promise, procurement, or agreement, as aforesaid, to or for any person, in order to induce such person to procure, or endeavour to procure, the return of any person gg to serve in Parliament, or the vote of any voter at any election...
Page 240 - Election : 5. Every Person who shall advance or pay, or cause to be paid, any Money to or to the Use of any other Person with the Intent that such Money or any Part thereof shall be expended in Bribery at any Election...
Page 239 - ... to procure any Money, or valuable Consideration, to or for any Voter, or to or for any Person on Behalf of any Voter, or to or for any other Person in order to induce any Voter to vote, or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such Act as aforesaid, on account of such Voter having voted or refrained from voting at any Election : 2.
Page 341 - Schedule to this Act, if it appears to the tribunal having cognizance of the question that the election was conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the body of this Act, and that such non-compliance or mistake did not affect the result of the election.
Page 110 - And that you have not directly or indirectly paid or promised anything to any person either to induce him to vote or to refrain from voting at this election.
Page 161 - ... such register shall be entitled to demand and receive a ballot paper and to vote : Provided that nothing in this section shall entitle any person to vote who is prohibited from voting by any statute, or by the common law of Parliament, or relieve such person from any penalties to which he may be liable for voting.
Page 239 - ... to or for any voter, or to or for any person on behalf of any voter, or to or for any other person, in order to induce such voter to vote or refrain from voting, or shall corruptly do any such act as aforesaid, on account of any voter having voted or refrained from voting at any election : 3.

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