1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 64 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-213

An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age)

2000 , c. 9 Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1 Section 3 of the Canada Elections Act is replaced by the following:

Persons qualified as electors

3 Every person who is a Canadian citizen and is 16 years of age or older on polling day is qualified as an elector.