42. For the purposes of sections 33 and 39, the population of a municipality shall be that shown in the last enumeration of inhabitants made for the whole of Québec and recognized as valid for such purposes by the Gouvernement.
When an unorganized territory is constituted as a municipality or is annexed to a municipality after the date of the last enumeration of inhabitants made under the preceding paragraph, or when part of the territory of a municipality is annexed to another municipality after the 13th of June 1969, the population of such territory, until the date of the next enumeration of inhabitants, shall be that shown by the Gouvernement. The population so shown by the Gouvernement shall also serve for the purposes of section 38.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 27, s. 3; 1966-67, c. 34, s. 10; 1969, c. 32, s. 3; 1973, c. 32, s. 5; 1975, c. 71, s. 5.