F-6 - Act respecting municipal bribery and corruption

Section 12 Disposition versions

1977-12-31

12. The judge designated in the order for the holding of the inquiry shall, after having given to the accused parties notice of the accusation and of the date on which he will proceed, inquire into the accusations, actions or facts alleged in the petition, and shall, for that purpose, have all the powers ordinarily exercised by the Superior Court or by one of the judges thereof.

The judge shall continue such inquiry from day to day, with all convenient despatch.

The judge, of his own initiative, at any time during his inquiry or in rendering judgment upon the inquiry, if he deems it necessary in the interest of the municipality, may order that it be placed under the control of the Commission municipale du Québec from a date which he determines; the provisions of Division VIII of the Act respecting the Commission municipale (chapter C-35) applicable to municipalities shall apply mutatis mutandis to the municipality from such date; the order shall be served forthwith upon the Commission municipale du Québec and upon the municipality; it shall be final and without appeal.

The judge, in rendering judgment upon the inquiry, shall designate the person or persons bound for the payment of the costs and, if occasion therefor, in what proportion, and shall order the payment thereof within the delay which he shall fix.

The amount of such costs shall be determined by the judge himself either immediately or subsequently, and such costs shall be those provided for by the tariff mentioned in section 23.

R. S. 1964, c. 173, s. 12; 1968, c. 51, s. 3; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.