I-13.3 - Education Act

Full text
515.1. (Repealed).
1990, c. 78, s. 17; 1997, c. 47, s. 31; 1997, c. 47, Schedule (s. 4).
515.1. Any number of natural persons of full age domiciled in the territory of a new school board, except persons domiciled in the territory of the city of Montréal or Québec, who are of a religious confession, Catholic or Protestant, different from that of the majority of the persons who would be entitled to have their names entered on the list of electors of that school board or on the part of that list which corresponds to the school board’s territory outside the city of Montréal or Québec if an election were held on 31 December of the year of publication of the territorial division order may, before 15 October of the year of publication of the territorial division order, serve on the provisional council of the new school board a notice in writing informing the provisional council of their intention to exercise the right to dissent.
Before serving the notice of dissent, the persons shall request that the provisional council recognize that they are of a religious minority, Catholic or Protestant.
1990, c. 78, s. 17; 1997, c. 47, s. 31.
Not in force
515.1. Between 1 June and 30 October of the year of publication of the order respecting territorial division referred to in section 111, the provisional council of a French-language school board or of an English-language school board shall, for the purpose of the exercise of the right to dissent referred to in section 515.2, draw up the list of electors of the new school board in accordance with the rules provided in the Act respecting school elections (chapter E-2.3) as if an election were to be held on 31 December of the same year.
In drawing up the list of electors, the provisional council shall verify whether the persons are Catholic or Protestant or of another religious affiliation. Every person who refuses to respond or who cannot be contacted is deemed to be neither Catholic nor Protestant.
The director general shall deposit the list of electors at the head office of the existing school boards and shall give public notice thereof. The provisions of the Act respecting school elections concerning the revision of the list of electors apply; for that purpose, the director general shall exercise the functions and powers of the returning officer.
1990, c. 78, s. 17.