8. The Commission shall hold a public meeting for the purpose of hearing the persons attending on the matter of the by-law, if the required number of electors, within the meaning of section 3.6, have informed the Commission in writing of their objection to the by-law within the prescribed time. The required number is at least(1) twenty electors in a municipality having a population of under 20 000;
(2) one elector for every thousand inhabitants in a municipality having a population of 20 000 or over but under 100 000;
(3) one hundred electors in a municipality having a population of 100 000 or over.
The Commission shall then publish in a newspaper circulated in the municipality a notice of at least three clear days of the place, day and time it will sit to hear the persons attending, and the purpose of the meeting.
The municipality is entitled to be heard at the meeting.
The Commission shall, after the meeting, transmit its recommendations to the municipality by registered or certified mail.
The municipality shall make the recommendations public in the manner determined by the Commission.
The Commission may order the municipality to make, within such time as it may fix, any amendment to the by-law necessary to give effect, wholly or in part, to its recommendations.
1978, c. 63, s. 8; 1980, c. 16, s. 8; 1982, c. 54, s. 40.