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Governed by the Saskatchewan Elections Act

Election Campaign Advertising

• Every ad having reference to any election or promoting the candidacy of a particular person, must prior to its distribution, display in it or on it’s fact the name and address of the person who printed or produced it and the name and address of the person who authorized it to be produced, published or distributed.
• The term “advertisement” includes any visual publication or representation, any handbill, placard, poster, circular letter or pamphlet, any electronic or digital display and any radio or television broadcast.

For the complete Act, visit:

http://www.elections.sk.ca/pdfs/signage.pdf


Amendments current as of 1996
Date of OMAC update: October 2009