Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The test is in the statute; it's in subsection 540(8). The judge would have to be convinced that the inspection of those election documents would be useful for instituting a prosecution of an offence and/or for purposes of a contested election. So the test is very limited. It wou

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Subsection 24(7) cites the reasons for which a returning officer may be removed: a) [...] for reason of illness, physical or mental disability [...] b) fails to discharge competently a duty of a returning officer under this Act or to comply with an instruction of the Chief E

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I want to make a small point. When a person makes a sworn affidavit they do sign a document, and on that document it is stated that they can be prosecuted for lying. There is a warning, a deterrent, in terms of making a false statement.