Bill 210 — First Session, 20Th Legislature, 32 Elizabeth 11 the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 210 An Act To Amend the Election Act Dr. Carter Fl • Y> • Id. I (Legislature 20, Session 1)

L20 S1 3743

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1983 BILL First Session, 20th Legislature, 32 Elizabeth THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION ACT DR. CARTER fl • Y> • Id. I First Reading Second Reading i^^j.^ ., Committee of the Whole .... Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Dr. Carter BILL 210

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION ACT (Assented to , 1983} HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Election Act is amended bv this Act. 2

Section is amended by repealing clause (

d) and substituting: (

d) persons who are, on polling day, inmates of penal institutions or remand centres, having been convicted of an offence and having been sentenced to a term of imprisonment or having been convicted of an offence for which a term of imprisonment may be imposed and in custody awaiting sentence. 3

Section is amended by adding after subsection (1):

(1.1) A person who is an inmate of a penal institution or remand centre, other than a person mentioned in

section 41(d), shall be deemed to be absent from the electoral division in which he ordinarily resides for the purposes of subsection (1). In accordance with section 4(1) of the

Interpretation Act, this Bill comes into force on the date it receives Royal Assent. Explanatory Notes This Bill will amend

chapter E-2 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section 41(

d) presently reads: 41 The following persons are not eligible to vote at an election: (

d) persons who are, on polling day, inmates of penal institutions. 3 Allows inmates not serving or awaiting sentence to use the absentee voter provisions of the Act and vote by mail. Title: 1983 (20th, 1st) Bill 210,

An Act to Amend the Election Act

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