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C-27.1 - Municipal Code of Québec
Section 445
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445. Every by-law must, on pain of nullity, be preceded by a notice of motion given at a sitting of the council, and it can be read and passed only at a subsequent sitting held on a later date.
It is not necessary to read the by-law if a motion to dispense with the reading is made at the same time as the notice of motion and if a copy of the proposed by-law is handed immediately to the members of the council present and remitted to the other members not later than two juridical days before the sitting at which it is to be approved and if, at that sitting, every member of the council present states that he has read it and waives the reading of it. In this case, however, the secretary-treasurer or the person presiding at the meeting must mention the object of the by-law, its implications, its scope, its cost, and, where that applies, the mode of financing and payment and repayment.
The secretary-treasurer must issue a copy of the by-law, upon payment of the fees exigible at the tariff fixed under article 209, to every ratepayer or elector requesting it within the two juridicial days preceding such sitting. The secretary-treasurer must also take the necessary measures to ensure that copies of the by-law are put at the disposal of the public at the beginning of the meeting, for reference.
In the case, however, of by-laws passed by a county council, such notice of motion may be replaced by a notice given by registered or certified letter to the mayor of each local council in the county, by the secretary-treasurer of the county council, at least 10 days before the date of the sitting at which the by-law or by-laws mentioned in the said notice will be considered. Such notice must be posted up in the office of the county council with the same delay.
The preceding paragraph shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to by-laws passed by a board of delegates.
