Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Withdrawal of writ

477.79 Division 1 of this Part and this Division apply to electoral campaign expenses of candidates in an electoral district in which a writ is withdrawn under subsection 59(1) or deemed to be withdrawn under subsection 31(3) of the Parliament of Canada Act, except that in such a case

• (a) the election is deemed to have been held on the day on which the writ is withdrawn or deemed to be withdrawn; and

• (b) each candidate is deemed to have received 10% of the number of the votes that would have been validly cast at that deemed election.