E-2.1 - Act respecting elections in certain municipalities

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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.
8. The director general for representation 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 director 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 director shall then publish in a newspaper circulated in the municipality a notice of at least three clear days of the place, day and time he will sit to hear the persons attending, and the purpose of the meeting.
The municipality is entitled to be heard at the meeting.
The director shall, after the meeting, transmit his recommendations to the municipality by registered or certified mail.
The municipality shall make the recommendations public in the manner determined by the director.
The director may order the municipality to make, within such time as he may fix, any amendment to the by-law necessary to give effect, wholly or in part, to his recommendations.
1978, c. 63, s. 8; 1980, c. 16, s. 8.
8. If, within the prescribed period, at least 100 interested persons of majority inform the Commission in writing of their objection to the by-law, the Commission must give the persons having objections an opportunity to be heard.
The Commission shall then cause to be published 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 objections, and the purpose of the sitting.
The Commission must, immediately after that sitting, transmit its recommendations to the municipality by registered or certified mail.
The municipality must make these recommendations public in the manner determined by the Commission.
1978, c. 63, s. 8.