Canada Elections Act

Marginal note:Offences requiring intent — dual procedure

490 Every person is guilty of an offence who

• (a) contravenes any of paragraphs 169(4.1)(a) to (d) (forbidden acts re advance polling registration);

• (a.1) being a deputy returning officer, knowingly contravenes subsection 174(1) (failure to permit person to vote);

• (b) being a poll clerk, wilfully contravenes subsection 174(2) (failure to record vote); or

• (c) being a deputy returning officer, contravenes section 175 (improper handling of ballot box and ballots at advance poll), being a returning officer, contravenes subsection 176(2) or (3) or, being a deputy returning officer, contravenes subsection 176(3) (failure to cross names off list of electors) with the intention of causing the reception of a vote that should not have been cast or the non-reception of a vote that should have been cast.