(1) The following courts are competent courts for the purposes of this Part: (a) a court listed in subsection (2) that has jurisdiction in all or part of the electoral district in question; and (b) the Federal Court. Courts (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), the courts are (a) in the Province of Ontario, the Superior Court of Justice; (b) in the Province of Quebec, the Superior Court; (c) in the Provinces of Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court; (d) in the Provinces of New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Court of Queen’s Bench; (e) in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Trial Division of the Supreme Court; and (f) in Nunavut, the Nunavut Court of Justice. Rules of procedure (3) An application shall be dealt with without delay and in a summary way. The court may, however, allow oral evidence to be given at the hearing of the application in specific circumstances.
§ CEA s. 525Competent courts
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