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Who carries out investigation for election-related criminal offenses?

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Canada

Answer
Public prosecutor
Source

Canada Elections Act (published 2000-05-31, lastamended 2012-04-01), http://laws.justice.gc.ca/PDF/E-2.01.pdf

 

511. (1) If the Commissioner believes onreasonable grounds that an offence under this Act has been committed, theCommissioner may refer the matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions whoshall decide whether to initiate a prosecution.
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