276. For the exercise of any other right or privilege conferred on electors or on owners and tenants entered on the valuation roll by this Code or any other general law or special Act, the persons among them who are not owners of immovables in the municipality are entitled to be entered on the schedule to the valuation roll.
For the purposes contemplated in the first paragraph:
(a) every natural person being of full age and a Canadian citizen who was the tenant of an immovable in the municipality on the date of the passing of the by-law or the resolution giving rise to that right or privilege, or who was entered on the valuation roll as owner of an immovable on that date;
(b) every corporation, commercial partnership or association which was the tenant of an immovable in the municipality on the date mentioned in subparagraph a or which was entered on the valuation roll as owner of an immovable on that same date,
is an elector or an owner or tenant entered on the valuation roll.
The corporation, commercial partnership or association may vote through a representative authorized by it to that effect by a resolution, a copy whereof must be filed with the secretary-treasurer. At the time of voting, this representative must be of full age, a Canadian citizen and an employee, director or member of the corporation, commercial partnership or association on whose behalf he votes. The above-mentioned resolution shall serve for the above purpose until it is replaced by another resolution for the same purpose.
For the purposes of this article, an order of the Minister of Municipal Affairs issued under section 12 of the Act to promote the regrouping of municipalities (chapter R-19), without there having been a prior joint petition, constitutes a by-law or resolution giving rise to a right or privilege.
1933, c. 120, s. 1; 1950, c. 74, s. 4; 1968, c. 86, s. 21; 1969, c. 82, s. 8; 1980, c. 16, s. 47; 1982, c. 2, s. 10.