C-14 - Railway Act

Section 123 Disposition versions

1985-02-22

123. Tolls and tariffs shall be fixed and regulated by the by-laws of the company, by resolution of the board of directors if they are thereunto authorized by the by-laws, or by the shareholders at a general meeting.

Where freight traffic is to pass over any continuous route operated by two or more companies, the railway companies over whose lines such traffic will pass may agree upon joint tolls and tariffs for such continuous route.

The tolls and tariffs shall be filed with the Commission des transports du Québec. They shall not come into force before the date of filing or, it they include an increase compared to an existing rate, before twenty days after the date of filing.

The date of filing of a toll or tariff is the date on which it is received by the Commission des transports du Québec.

Subparagraph d.1 of the first paragraph of section 32 of the Transport Act (chapter T-12) applies to the tolls and tariffs contemplated in this section.

R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 140; 1972, c. 55, s. 109; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1984, c. 47, s. 23.

1977-12-31

123. (1)  Tolls shall be fixed and regulated by the laws of the company, or by the directors, if thereunto authorized by the by-laws, or by the shareholders at any general meeting.

(2)  All such by-laws shall be submitted to and approved by the Minister of Transport.

(3)  The Minister of Transport may approve such by-laws in whole or in part, or amend the provisions thereof, or delay the coming into force thereof until interested parties are heard within a delay that it may fix.

(4)  No by-law to increase the tolls may, however, be approved until it has been posted up in conformity with the provisions of section 137, at least thirty days before the date fixed for the application for approval.

No by-law to reduce the tolls may be approved until it has been posted up in conformity with the provisions of section 137, at least three days before the date fixed for the application for approval.

(5)  Where freight traffic is to pass over any continuous route operated by two or more companies, the Commission des transports du Québec, on application by the parties interested, may require the railway companies over whose lines such traffic will pass in the course of such continuous route, to agree upon a joint tariff for such continuous route, and may approve, with or without amendment, such tariff as it may deem just in the circumstances.

(6)  Tolls must be in accordance with the tariff standards prescribed in the regulations made by the Government under section 5 of the Transport Act.

R. S. 1964, c. 290, s. 140; 1972, c. 55, s. 109; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.