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C-19 - Cities and Towns Act

Section 16
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16. (Repealed).
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 13; 1968, c. 55, s. 7; 1980, c. 16, s. 68; 1987, c. 57, s. 687; 1988, c. 19, s. 235.
16. (1)  The council of the municipality desiring to be incorporated as a city or town municipality shall pass a resolution authorizing the presentation of a petition for such purpose to the Government.
(2)  The council shall cause to be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec during two consecutive weeks a notice setting forth the name, limits and population of the proposed city or town.
(3)  The resolution contemplated in subsection 1 must be submitted for approval to the qualified voters, in accordance with the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E-2.2).
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 13; 1968, c. 55, s. 7; 1980, c. 16, s. 68; 1987, c. 57, s. 687.
16. (1)  The council of the municipality desiring to be incorporated as a city or town municipality shall pass a resolution authorizing the presentation of a petition for such purpose to the Government.
(2)  The council shall cause to be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec during two consecutive weeks a notice setting forth the name, limits and population of the proposed city or town.
(3)  The resolution contemplated in subsection 1 must be submitted to the approval of the persons mentioned in article 276 of the Municipal Code (chapter C-27.1), at the place and on the date fixed by the council for that purpose, within the fifteen days following the last publication prescribed by subsection 2; the secretary-treasurer shall convene these persons by a notice of at least five clear days, for the hour he fixes, which must not be before nineteen hours or after twenty hours.
At the time fixed in the notice of convocation, the secretary-treasurer, in the presence of the mayor or the acting mayor or, in their absence, of a councillor, shall read the resolution to the persons present; if, within the two hours following the time fixed in the notice of convocation, twenty persons qualified to vote present themselves and demand that the resolution be submitted for approval, by means of a poll, to all the persons of the municipality qualified to vote, the secretary-treasurer shall forthwith fix as polling day a suitable date within the ensuing fifteen days; otherwise the resolution shall be deemed to have been approved by those concerned.
When a vote is demanded, sections 385 to 396 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 13; 1968, c. 55, s. 7; 1980, c. 16, s. 68.
16. (1)  The council of the municipality desiring to be incorporated as a city or town municipality shall pass a resolution authorizing the presentation of a petition for such purpose to the Government.
(2)  The council shall cause to be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec during two consecutive weeks a notice setting forth the name, limits and population of the proposed city or town.
(3)  The resolution contemplated in subsection 1 must be submitted to the approval of the persons mentioned in article 244a of the Municipal Code, at the place and on the date fixed by the council for that purpose, within the fifteen days following the last publication prescribed by subsection 2; the secretary-treasurer shall convene these persons by a notice of at least five clear days, for the hour he fixes, which must not be before nineteen hours or after twenty hours.
At the time fixed in the notice of convocation, the secretary-treasurer, in the presence of the mayor or the acting mayor or, in their absence, of a councillor, shall read the resolution to the persons present; if, within the two hours following the time fixed in the notice of convocation, twenty persons qualified to vote present themselves and demand that the resolution be submitted for approval, by means of a poll, to all the persons of the municipality qualified to vote, the secretary-treasurer shall forthwith fix as polling day a suitable date within the ensuing fifteen days; otherwise the resolution shall be deemed to have been approved by those concerned.
When a vote is demanded, sections 385 to 396 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 13; 1968, c. 55, s. 7; 1980, c. 16, s. 68.
16. (1)  The council of the municipality desiring to be incorporated as a city or town municipality shall pass a resolution authorizing the presentation of a petition for such purpose to the Gouvernement.
(2)  The council shall cause to be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec during two consecutive weeks a notice setting forth the name, limits and population of the proposed city or town.
(3)  The resolution contemplated in subsection 1 shall be submitted for the approval of the persons mentioned in articles 243 and 244a of the Municipal Code, at the place and on the date fixed by the council for that purpose, within the fifteen days following the last publication prescribed by subsection 2; the secretary-treasurer shall convene such persons by a notice of at least five clear days, for the hour he shall fix which must not be before nineteen hours or after twenty hours
At the time fixed in the notice of convocation, the secretary-treasurer, in the presence of the mayor or the acting mayor or, in their absence, of a councillor, shall read the resolution to the persons present; if, within the two hours following the time fixed in the notice of convocation, twenty persons qualified to vote present themselves and demand that the resolution be submitted for approval, by means of a poll, to all the persons of the municipality qualified to vote, the secretary-treasurer shall forthwith fix as polling day a suitable date within the ensuing fifteen days; otherwise the resolution shall be deemed to have been approved by those concerned.
When a vote is demanded, sections 385 to 396 shall apply mutatis mutandis.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 13; 1968, c. 55, s. 7.
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