L-1 - Legislature Act

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36. (Replaced).
R. S. 1964, c. 6, s. 49; 1968, c. 9, s. 2, s. 90; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1982, c. 62, s. 167.
36. The President of the National Assembly shall not be a director or administrator of any corporation of a commercial, industrial or financial nature, if the said corporation does business with the Gouvernement du Québec, directly or indirectly, or pays or may be called upon to pay taxes under the Taxation Act (chapter I-3).
Every person who infringes the provisions of this section shall ipso facto be, and remain for two years, disqualified from holding the office of President and from sitting or voting as a member of the National Assembly and cannot be elected as such. In addition, such person shall be liable, as long as the ingringement lasts, to a daily fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, and, in the case of conviction, the court, by the final judgment, shall extend to five years the disqualification above enacted.
The provisions of sections 14, 15 and 16 of the Executive Power Act (chapter E-18) shall govern prosecutions under this section.
R. S. 1964, c. 6, s. 49; 1968, c. 9, s. 2, s. 90; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.