V-6.1 - Act respecting Northern villages and the Kativik Regional Government

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2. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer of a municipality;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means the member of the council of a municipality designated to represent the municipality on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person who is subject to the payment of any tax to the municipality;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C‐67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer of the Regional Government means any employee of the Regional Government;
(k)  officer of the municipality means any employee of the municipality;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immovable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop or business establishment;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy;
(n)  (paragraph repealed);
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immovable in his own name, except for the owner, lessee, any person living in the immovable without making it his usual place of residence and any person who is the dependant of another person with whom he occupies the immovable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of their territory, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immovable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of lands in the domain of the State with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipality or of the Regional Government acting as a municipality;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipality;
(t)  (paragraph repealed);
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipality;
(u.1)  tax means any tax imposed or compensation required by the municipality;
(v)  Territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R‐13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A‐33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2; 1987, c. 23, s. 76; 1987, c. 91, s. 1; 1989, c. 70, s. 1; 1996, c. 2, s. 1020; 1999, c. 40, s. 331; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2003, c. 19, s. 250; 2005, c. 28, s. 196; 2009, c. 26, s. 109.
2. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer of a municipality;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means the member of the council of a municipality designated to represent the municipality on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person who is subject to the payment of any tax to the municipality;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C‐67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer of the Regional Government means any employee of the Regional Government;
(k)  officer of the municipality means any employee of the municipality;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immovable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop or business establishment;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Regions;
(n)  (paragraph repealed);
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immovable in his own name, except for the owner, lessee, any person living in the immovable without making it his usual place of residence and any person who is the dependant of another person with whom he occupies the immovable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of their territory, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immovable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of lands in the domain of the State with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipality or of the Regional Government acting as a municipality;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipality;
(t)  (paragraph repealed);
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipality;
(u.1)  tax means any tax imposed or compensation required by the municipality;
(v)  Territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R‐13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A‐33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2; 1987, c. 23, s. 76; 1987, c. 91, s. 1; 1989, c. 70, s. 1; 1996, c. 2, s. 1020; 1999, c. 40, s. 331; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2003, c. 19, s. 250; 2005, c. 28, s. 196.
2. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer of a municipality;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means the member of the council of a municipality designated to represent the municipality on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person who is subject to the payment of any tax to the municipality;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer of the Regional Government means any employee of the Regional Government;
(k)  officer of the municipality means any employee of the municipality;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immovable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop or business establishment;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Sports and Recreation;
(n)  (paragraph repealed);
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immovable in his own name, except for the owner, lessee, any person living in the immovable without making it his usual place of residence and any person who is the dependant of another person with whom he occupies the immovable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of their territory, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immovable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of lands in the domain of the State with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipality or of the Regional Government acting as a municipality;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipality;
(t)  (paragraph repealed);
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipality;
(u.1)  tax means any tax imposed or compensation required by the municipality;
(v)  Territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2; 1987, c. 23, s. 76; 1987, c. 91, s. 1; 1989, c. 70, s. 1; 1996, c. 2, s. 1020; 1999, c. 40, s. 331; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2003, c. 19, s. 250.
2. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer of a municipality;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means the member of the council of a municipality designated to represent the municipality on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person who is subject to the payment of any tax to the municipality;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer of the Regional Government means any employee of the Regional Government;
(k)  officer of the municipality means any employee of the municipality;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immovable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop or business establishment;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Greater Montréal;
(n)  (paragraph repealed);
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immovable in his own name, except for the owner, lessee, any person living in the immovable without making it his usual place of residence and any person who is the dependant of another person with whom he occupies the immovable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of their territory, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immovable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of lands in the domain of the State with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipality or of the Regional Government acting as a municipality;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipality;
(t)  (paragraph repealed);
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipality;
(u.1)  tax means any tax imposed or compensation required by the municipality;
(v)  Territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2; 1987, c. 23, s. 76; 1987, c. 91, s. 1; 1989, c. 70, s. 1; 1996, c. 2, s. 1020; 1999, c. 40, s. 331; 1999, c. 43, s. 13.
2. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer of a municipality;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means the member of the council of a municipality designated to represent the municipality on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person who is subject to the payment of any tax to the municipality;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer of the Regional Government means any employee of the Regional Government;
(k)  officer of the municipality means any employee of the municipality;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immovable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop or business establishment;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs;
(n)  (paragraph repealed);
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immovable in his own name, except for the owner, lessee, any person living in the immovable without making it his usual place of residence and any person who is the dependant of another person with whom he occupies the immovable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of their territory, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immovable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of lands in the domain of the State with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipality or of the Regional Government acting as a municipality;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipality;
(t)  (paragraph repealed);
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipality;
(u.1)  tax means any tax imposed or compensation required by the municipality;
(v)  Territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2; 1987, c. 23, s. 76; 1987, c. 91, s. 1; 1989, c. 70, s. 1; 1996, c. 2, s. 1020; 1999, c. 40, s. 331.
2. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer of a municipality;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means the member of the council of a municipality designated to represent the municipality on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person who is subject to the payment of any tax to the municipality;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer of the Regional Government means any employee of the Regional Government;
(k)  officer of the municipality means any employee of the municipality;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immovable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop, office or place of business;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs;
(n)  (paragraph repealed);
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immovable in his own name, except for the owner, lessee, any person living in the immovable without making it his usual place of residence and any person who is the dependant of another person with whom he occupies the immovable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of their territory, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immovable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of lands in the public domain with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipality or of the Regional Government acting as a municipality;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipality;
(t)  (paragraph repealed);
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipality;
(u.1)  tax means any tax imposed or compensation required by the municipality;
(v)  Territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2; 1987, c. 23, s. 76; 1987, c. 91, s. 1; 1989, c. 70, s. 1; 1996, c. 2, s. 1020.
2. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer of a municipal corporation;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means the member of the council of a municipal corporation designated to represent the corporation on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person who is subject to the payment of any tax to the municipal corporation;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer of the Regional Government means any employee of the Regional Government;
(k)  officer of the municipal corporation means any employee of the municipal corporation;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immoveable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop, office or place of business;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs;
(n)  municipality means a territory erected for the purpose of municipal administration;
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immovable in his own name, except for the owner, lessee, any person living in the immovable without making it his usual place of residence and any person who is the dependant of another person with whom he occupies the immovable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of these municipalities, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immoveable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of lands in the public domain with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipal corporation or of the Regional Government acting as a municipal corporation;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipal corporation;
(t)  (paragraph repealed);
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipal corporation;
(u.1)  tax means any tax imposed or compensation required by the municipal corporation;
(v)  territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2; 1987, c. 23, s. 76; 1987, c. 91, s. 1; 1989, c. 70, s. 1.
2. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer of a municipal corporation;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means the member of the council of a municipal corporation designated to represent the corporation on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person who is subject to the payment of any tax to the municipal corporation;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer of the Regional Government means any employee of the Regional Government;
(k)  officer of the municipal corporation means any employee of the municipal corporation;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immoveable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop, office or place of business;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs;
(n)  municipality means a territory erected for the purpose of municipal administration;
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immoveable in his own name, otherwise than as owner, usufructuary or institute, and who enjoys the revenues derived from such immoveable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of these municipalities, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immoveable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of lands in the public domain with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipal corporation or of the Regional Government acting as a municipal corporation;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipal corporation;
(t)  (paragraph repealed);
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipal corporation;
(u.1)  tax means any tax imposed or compensation required by the municipal corporation;
(v)  territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2; 1987, c. 23, s. 76; 1987, c. 91, s. 1.
2. In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer or employee of a municipal corporation;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers or employees of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means a councillor elected or appointed to represent a municipal corporation on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person liable for payment of an assessment or tax, including water rate, to the municipal corporation;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer or employee of the Regionl Government means any officer or employee of the Regional Government, with the exception of the regional councillors;
(k)  officer or employee of the municipal corporation means any officer or employee of a municipal corporation, with the exception of the members of the council;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immoveable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop, office or place of business;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs;
(n)  municipality means a territory erected for the purpose of municipal administration;
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immoveable in his own name, otherwise than as owner, usufructuary or institute, and who enjoys the revenues derived from such immoveable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of these municipalities, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immoveable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of lands in the public domain with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipal corporation or of the Regional Government acting as a municipal corporation;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipal corporation;
(t)  oath means an oath or, in the case of a person who has no religious belief or for whom the taking of an oath would be contrary to his religious beliefs, a solemn affirmation;
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipal corporation;
(v)  territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2; 1987, c. 23, s. 76.
2. In this act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer or employee of a municipal corporation;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers or employees of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means a councillor elected or appointed to represent a municipal corporation on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person liable for payment of an assessment or tax, including water rate, to the municipal corporation;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer or employee of the Regionl Government means any officer or employee of the Regional Government, with the exception of the regional councillors;
(k)  officer or employee of the municipal corporation means any officer or employee of a municipal corporation, with the exception of the members of the council;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immoveable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop, office or place of business;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs;
(n)  municipality means a territory erected for the purpose of municipal administration;
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immoveable in his own name, otherwise than as owner, usufructuary or institute, and who enjoys the revenues derived from such immoveable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of these municipalities, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immoveable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of Crown Lands with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipal corporation or of the Regional Government acting as a municipal corporation;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipal corporation;
(t)  oath means an oath or, in the case of a person who has no religious belief or for whom the taking of an oath would be contrary to his religious beliefs, a solemn affirmation;
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipal corporation;
(v)  territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2.
2. In this act, unless the context indicates otherwise,
(a)  Regional Government means the regional government established under section 239;
(b)  meeting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;
(c)  municipal office means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer or employee of a municipal corporation;
(d)  regional office means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers or employees of the Regional Government;
(e)  executive committee means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;
(f)  regional councillor means a councillor elected or appointed to represent a municipal corporation on the council of the Regional Government;
(g)  ratepayer means a person liable for payment of an assessment or tax, including water rate, to the municipal corporation;
(h)  Agreement means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);
(i)  elector means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;
(j)  officer or employee of the Regionl Government means any officer or employee of the Regional Government, with the exception of the regional councillors;
(k)  officer or employee of the municipal corporation means any officer or employee of a municipal corporation, with the exception of the members of the council;
(l)  tenant means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immoveable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop, office or place of business;
(m)  Minister means the Minister of Municipal Affairs;
(n)  municipality means a territory erected for the purpose of municipal administration;
(o)  occupant means any person who occupies an immoveable in his own name, otherwise than as owner, usufructuary or institute, and who enjoys the revenues derived from such immoveable;
(p)  ordinance means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of these municipalities, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;
(q)  property-owner means any person who possesses immoveable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of Crown Lands with a promise of sale;
(r)  by-law means an enactment of the council of a municipal corporation or of the Regional Government acting as a municipal corporation;
(s)  sitting, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipal corporation;
(t)  oath means an oath or, in the case of a person who has no religious belief or for whom the taking of an oath would be contrary to his religious beliefs, a solemn affirmation;
(u)  municipal services means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipal corporation;
(v)  territory means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Native Crees and Inuit (chapter A-33.1).
1978, c. 87, s. 2.