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Section 56
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56. The council shall appoint a councillor as acting mayor for the period it determines.
The acting mayor shall have and exercise the powers of the mayor when the mayor is absent from the territory of the municipality or unable to perform the duties of his office. When the inability results from a provisional incapacity declared under section 312.1 of the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E-2.2), the acting mayor shall have and exercise all the powers conferred on the mayor, despite the fourth paragraph of section 53 and any inconsistent legislative provision contained in the charter of a municipality governed in part by this Act.
56. The council shall appoint a councillor as acting mayor for the period it determines.
The acting mayor shall have and exercise the powers of the mayor when the mayor is absent from the territory of the municipality or unable to perform the duties of his office.
56. The council shall appoint a councillor as acting mayor every four months.
The acting mayor shall have and exercise the powers of the mayor when the mayor is absent from the territory of the municipality or unable to perform the duties of his office.
56. The council shall appoint a councillor as acting mayor every four months.
The acting mayor shall have and exercise the powers of the mayor when the mayor is absent from the municipality or unable to perform the duties of his office.
