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R-19 - Act to promote the regrouping of municipalities

Section 5
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5. (1)  Each municipal council that wishes to present a petition contemplated in section 3 or 4 must pass a by-law for that purpose.
Every by-law passed under this section shall not be repealed after the publication provided for in section 6.
(2)  The joint petition shall:
(a)  state the name of the new municipality;
(b)  contain a technical description of the territory of the new municipality;
(c)  indicate whether the new municipality will be governed, as the case may be, by the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), the Municipal Code (chapter C-27.1), or the charter of the city of Montréal or of Québec if either city is a party to the joint petition;
(d)  indicate, if any, the special legislative provisions governing the municipalities before their amalgamation which are to apply to the new municipality;
(e)  establish the composition of the council which will have power to administer the new municipality until the first general election;
(f)  fix the day when the first sitting of the council will be held after the coming into force of the letters patent and indicate the place where it will be held;
(g)  designate the secretary-treasurer of the new municipality if it is a country municipality, or the clerk of the new municipality to act until the end of the first sitting of the council, in the case of a town municipality;
(h)  establish the division of the new municipality into electoral districts or, as the case may be, the manner of doing so;
(i)  where the new municipality is not required to be divided into electoral districts, determine the number of its councillors;
(j)  indicate the regional county municipality of which the new municipality will form part, if the municipalities that are parties to the joint petition are not situated in the same regional county municipality;
(k)  fix the polling date for each of the first two general elections in the new municipality;
(l)  state the other conditions of amalgamation.
1971, c. 53, s. 5; 1972, c. 47, s. 1; 1985, c. 27, s. 109; 1987, c. 57, s. 806.
5. (1)  Each municipal council that wishes to present a petition contemplated in section 3 or 4 must pass a by-law for that purpose.
Every by-law passed under this section shall not be repealed after the publication provided for in section 6.
(2)  The joint petition shall:
(a)  state the name of the new municipality;
(b)  contain a technical description of the territory of the new municipality;
(c)  indicate whether the new municipality will be governed, as the case may be, by the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), the Municipal Code (chapter C-27.1), or the charter of the city of Montréal or of Québec if either city is a party to the joint petition;
(d)  indicate, if any, the special legislative provisions governing the municipalities before their amalgamation which are to apply to the new municipality;
(e)  establish the composition of the council which will have power to administer the new municipality until the first general election;
(f)  fix the day when the first sitting of the council will be held after the coming into force of the letters patent and indicate the place where it will be held;
(g)  designate the secretary-treasurer of the new municipality if it is a country municipality, or the clerk of the new municipality to act until the end of the first sitting of the council, in the case of a town municipality;
(h)  if the new municipality is a country municipality, fix the term of office of the members of the council and provide that the seat of each councillor will be designated by number from the first general election;
(i)  establish the number of members of the council if the new municipality is a town municipality;
(j)  indicate the regional county municipality of which the new municipality will form part, if the municipalities that are parties to the joint petition are not situated in the same regional county municipality;
(k)  fix the date of the first general election, which must be conducted in every respect, excepting the date if need be, as any general election provided for in the Act governing the new municipality; subsequent general elections shall be held every two, three or four years, according to whether the municipality concerned is a country or a town municipality, on the date fixed by the Act governing the new municipality;
(l)  state the other conditions of amalgamation.
1971, c. 53, s. 5; 1972, c. 47, s. 1; 1985, c. 27, s. 109.
5. (1)  Each municipal council that wishes to present a petition contemplated in section 3 or 4 must pass a by-law for that purpose.
Every by-law passed under this section shall not be repealed after the publication provided for in section 6.
(2)  The joint petition shall:
(a)  state the name of the new municipality;
(b)  contain a technical description of the territory of the new municipality;
(c)  indicate whether the new municipality will be governed, as the case may be, by the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19), the Municipal Code (chapter C-27.1), or the charter of the city of Montréal or of Québec if either city is a party to the joint petition;
(d)  indicate, if any, the special legislative provisions governing the municipalities before their amalgamation which are to apply to the new municipality;
(e)  establish the composition of the council which will have power to administer the new municipality until the first general election;
(f)  fix the day when the first sitting of the council will be held after the coming into force of the letters patent and indicate the place where it will be held;
(g)  designate the secretary-treasurer of the new municipality if it is a country municipality, or the clerk of the new municipality to act until the end of the first sitting of the council, in the case of a town municipality;
(h)  if the new municipality is a country municipality, fix the term of office of the members of the council and provide that the seat of each councillor will be designated by number from the first general election;
(i)  establish the number of members of the council if the new municipality is a town municipality;
(j)  indicate the county of which the new municipality will form part, if it is a rural municipality and the municipalities which were parties to the joint petition are not situated in the same county;
(k)  fix the date of the first general election, which must be conducted in every respect, excepting the date if need be, as any general election provided for in the act governing the new municipality; subsequent general elections shall be held every two, three or four years, according to whether the municipality concerned is a country or a town municipality, on the date fixed by the act governing the new municipality;
(l)  state the other conditions of amalgamation.
1971, c. 53, s. 5; 1972, c. 47, s. 1.
5. (1)  Each municipal council that wishes to present a petition contemplated in section 3 or 4 must pass a by-law for that purpose.
Every by-law passed under this section shall not be repealed after the publication provided for in section 6.
(2)  The joint petition shall:
(a)  state the name of the new municipality;
(b)  contain a technical description of the territory of the new municipality;
(c)  indicate whether the new municipality will be governed, as the case may be, by the Cities and Towns Act, the Municipal Code, or the charter of the city of Montréal or of Québec if either city is a party to the joint petition;
(d)  indicate, if any, the special legislative provisions governing the municipalities before their amalgamation which are to apply to the new municipality;
(e)  establish the composition of the council which will have power to administer the new municipality until the first general election;
(f)  fix the day when the first sitting of the council will be held after the coming into force of the letters patent and indicate the place where it will be held;
(g)  designate the secretary-treasurer of the new municipality if it is a country municipality, or the clerk of the new municipality to act until the end of the first sitting of the council, in the case of a town municipality;
(h)  if the new municipality is a country municipality, fix the term of office of the members of the council and provide that the seat of each councillor will be designated by number from the first general election;
(i)  establish the number of members of the council if the new municipality is a town municipality;
(j)  indicate the county of which the new municipality will form part, if it is a rural municipality and the municipalities which were parties to the joint petition are not situated in the same county;
(k)  fix the date of the first general election, which must be conducted in every respect, excepting the date if need be, as any general election provided for in the act governing the new municipality; subsequent general elections shall be held every two, three or four years, according to whether the municipality concerned is a country or a town municipality, on the date fixed by the act governing the new municipality;
(l)  state the other conditions of amalgamation.
1971, c. 53, s. 5; 1972, c. 47, s. 1.
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