BILL 10 An Act to Amend the Elections Act

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

 

BILL 10 An Act to Amend the  Elections ActHer Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Paragraph 20.9(1)(a) of the Elections Act, chapter E-3 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is amended by striking out “eighteen” and substituting “sixteen.”

2 Paragraph 43(1)(a) of the Act is amended by striking out “eighteen” and substituting “sixteen.”

3 The Act is amended by adding after section 48.2 the following: 48.3 No person is eligible to be a candidate or capable of being elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly unless the person has attained the full age of eighteen years.