C-27.1 - Municipal Code of Québec

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681. (Repealed).
M.C. 1916, a. 423; 1922 (2nd sess.), c. 84, s. 2; 1930, c. 106, s. 1; 1931, c. 19, s. 34; 1934, c. 83, s. 8; 1952-53, c. 29, s. 17, s. 20; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1969, c. 21, s. 35; 1973, c. 27, s. 20; 1979, c. 72, s. 278; 1983, c. 57, s. 22; 1983, c. 40, s. 63; 1984, c. 38, s. 66; 1986, c. 32, s. 8; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; 1991, c. 29, s. 5; 1991, c. 32, s. 173; 1996, c. 2, s. 322; 2005, c. 6, s. 214.
681. (1)  Every regional county municipality may amend or repeal by-laws to provide:
(a)  for the erection and maintenance of as many registry offices as there are registration divisions in the territory of the regional county municipality; and
(b)  for the erection and maintenance of a building for the Court of Québec if that court is established in the territory of the regional county municipality, and for furnishing the accessories necessary for holding such court.
(2)  (Subarticle repealed).
(3)  (Subarticle repealed).
(4)  (Subarticle repealed).
(5)  (Subarticle repealed).
(6)  (Subarticle repealed).
(7)  (Subarticle repealed).
M.C. 1916, a. 423; 1922 (2nd sess.), c. 84, s. 2; 1930, c. 106, s. 1; 1931, c. 19, s. 34; 1934, c. 83, s. 8; 1952-53, c. 29, s. 17, s. 20; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1969, c. 21, s. 35; 1973, c. 27, s. 20; 1979, c. 72, s. 278; 1983, c. 57, s. 22; 1983, c. 40, s. 63; 1984, c. 38, s. 66; 1986, c. 32, s. 8; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; 1991, c. 29, s. 5; 1991, c. 32, s. 173; 1996, c. 2, s. 322.
681. (1)  Every county corporation must make, and it may amend or repeal by-laws to provide:
(a)  for the erection and maintenance of as many registry offices as there are registration divisions in the county; and
(b)  for the erection and maintenance of a building for the Court of Québec, and for furnishing the accessories necessary for holding such court.
(2)  The county corporation may erect or acquire a common building for the registry office and the Court of Québec, or a building for each; but every such building must contain a fireproof vault furnished in a manner suitable for its purpose.
(3)  The county corporation must acquire land suitable for the erection of such building, whether intended for a registry office or for a court house, or both, or it may expropriate an immovable already in use for either the one or the other such purpose, or for both, whether such immovable is situated within the county, or within a city, town or other municipality situated in the same registration division, notwithstanding the provisions of the charter of such city, town, or other municipality, or any contrary provisions.
(4)  The county corporation must maintain the building or buildings used for the registry office and the Court of Québec, together with the vaults or safes, in a good state of repair; it must also maintain in a good state of repair the furniture of the Court of Québec and the fixtures of the vaults or safes used for the registry office or for the Court of Québec, the whole to the satisfaction of the president of the Société immobilière du Québec.
(5)  The corporation of every city, town or other municipality situated within one and the same county for registration purposes or for the purposes of the Court of Québec, is obliged to contribute to the costs incurred by the county corporation under this article as well as to the costs of repair and furnishing considered necessary thereafter, in the same proportion as other local corporations in the county, according to the standardized real estate value, within the meaning of section 261.1 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1), of the corporations concerned; the county corporation may determine the amount of the contribution of the city or town corporation or of the other municipality and recover that amount from that corporation in the same manner as from any local corporation.
(6)  (Subarticle repealed).
(7)  (Subarticle repealed).
M.C. 1916, a. 423; 1922 (2nd sess.), c. 84, s. 2; 1930, c. 106, s. 1; 1931, c. 19, s. 34; 1934, c. 83, s. 8; 1952-53, c. 29, s. 17, s. 20; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1969, c. 21, s. 35; 1973, c. 27, s. 20; 1979, c. 72, s. 278; 1983, c. 57, s. 22; 1983, c. 40, s. 63; 1984, c. 38, s. 66; 1986, c. 32, s. 8; 1988, c. 21, s. 66; 1991, c. 29, s. 5; 1991, c. 32, s. 173.
681. (1)  Every county corporation must make, and it may amend or repeal by-laws to provide:
(a)  for the erection and maintenance of as many registry offices as there are registration divisions in the county; and
(b)  for the erection and maintenance of a building for the Court of Québec, and for furnishing the accessories necessary for holding such court.
(2)  The county corporation may erect or acquire a common building for the registry office and the Court of Québec, or a building for each; but every such building must contain a fireproof vault furnished in a manner suitable for its purpose.
(3)  The county corporation must acquire land suitable for the erection of such building, whether intended for a registry office or for a court house, or both, or it may expropriate an immovable already in use for either the one or the other such purpose, or for both, whether such immovable is situated within the county, or within a city, town or other municipality situated in the same registration division, notwithstanding the provisions of the charter of such city, town, or other municipality, or any contrary provisions.
(4)  The county corporation must maintain the building or buildings used for the registry office and the Court of Québec, together with the vaults or safes, in a good state of repair; it must also maintain in a good state of repair the furniture of the Court of Québec and the fixtures of the vaults or safes used for the registry office or for the Court of Québec, the whole to the satisfaction of the president of the Société immobilière du Québec.
(5)  The corporation of every city, town or other municipality situated within one and the same county for registration purposes or for the purposes of the Court of Québec, is obliged to contribute to the costs incurred by the county corporation under this article as well as to the costs of repair and furnishing considered necessary thereafter, in the same proportion as other local corporations in the county, according to the total standardized assessment of taxable immovable property of the corporations concerned; the county corporation may determine the amount of the contribution of the city or town corporation or of the other municipality and recover that amount from that corporation in the same manner as from any local corporation.
(6)  Each city or town corporation in a county, after being duly requested by the secretary-treasurer of the county council, must produce in the following month, a certificate of the standardized assessment of its taxable immovable property according to the assessment roll then in force; and if it refuses or neglects to produce such certificate, the county council may fix the amount of the contribution contemplated by subarticle 5, of the said corporation, according to what it considers just.
For the purposes of this article, the words “standardized assessment of taxable immovable property” mean the total of the following assessments:
(1)  the standardized taxable assessment of all the immovables;
(2)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in the first paragraph of section 255 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1);
(3)  the percentage of the standardized nontaxable assessment of the immovables contemplated in the second, third or fourth paragraph of section 255 of the said Act corresponding to the percentage referred to in the said paragraph;
(4)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all farmland;
(5)  any part of the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in paragraph 1.1 of section 204 of the said Act in respect of which amounts in lieu of taxes must be paid; that part of the standardized assessment is that corresponding to the proportion represented by the amounts paid for the reference fiscal period in relation to the total amount of the municipal real estate taxes which could have been imposed for that fiscal period in respect of those immovables if they had not been tax-exempt; for the purposes of this article, the reference fiscal period, in respect of an immovable, is the last municipal fiscal period for which the amounts in lieu of taxes in respect of that immovable are paid-up;
(6)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in the first paragraph of section 208 of the said Act;
(7)  the assessment equivalent to the capitalization, based on the standardized aggregate taxation rate of the corporation for the fiscal period preceding the fiscal period considered, of the revenues of the corporation derived from the application of section 222 of the said Act for the said preceding fiscal period and of its revenues derived from the application of the second paragraph of section 230 of the said Act for the fiscal period considered; for the purposes of this article, the standardized aggregate taxation rate is that which is computed in accordance with the regulation made under paragraph 7 of section 262 of the said Act on the basis of the data provided in the budget of the preceding fiscal period.
(7)  (Subarticle repealed).
M.C. 1916, a. 423; 1922 (2nd sess.), c. 84, s. 2; 1930, c. 106, s. 1; 1931, c. 19, s. 34; 1934, c. 83, s. 8; 1952-53, c. 29, s. 17, s. 20; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1969, c. 21, s. 35; 1973, c. 27, s. 20; 1979, c. 72, s. 278; 1983, c. 57, s. 22; 1983, c. 40, s. 63; 1984, c. 38, s. 66; 1986, c. 32, s. 8; 1988, c. 21, s. 66.
681. (1)  Every county corporation must make, and it may amend or repeal by-laws to provide:
(a)  for the erection and maintenance of as many registry offices as there are registration divisions in the county; and
(b)  for the erection and maintenance of a building for the Provincial Court, and for furnishing the accessories necessary for holding such court.
(2)  The county corporation may erect or acquire a common building for the registry office and the Provincial Court, or a building for each; but every such building must contain a fireproof vault furnished in a manner suitable for its purpose.
(3)  The county corporation must acquire land suitable for the erection of such building, whether intended for a registry office or for a court house, or both, or it may expropriate an immovable already in use for either the one or the other such purpose, or for both, whether such immovable is situated within the county, or within a city, town or other municipality situated in the same registration division, notwithstanding the provisions of the charter of such city, town, or other municipality, or any contrary provisions.
(4)  The county corporation must maintain the building or buildings used for the registry office and the Provincial Court, together with the vaults or safes, in a good state of repair; it must also maintain in a good state of repair the furniture of the Provincial Court and the fixtures of the vaults or safes used for the registry office or for the Provincial Court, the whole to the satisfaction of the president of the Société immobilière du Québec.
(5)  The corporation of every city, town or other municipality situated within one and the same county for registration purposes or for the purposes of the Provincial Court, is obliged to contribute to the costs incurred by the county corporation under this article as well as to the costs of repair and furnishing considered necessary thereafter, in the same proportion as other local corporations in the county, according to the total standardized assessment of taxable immovable property of the corporations concerned; the county corporation may determine the amount of the contribution of the city or town corporation or of the other municipality and recover that amount from that corporation in the same manner as from any local corporation.
(6)  Each city or town corporation in a county, after being duly requested by the secretary-treasurer of the county council, must produce in the following month, a certificate of the standardized assessment of its taxable immovable property according to the assessment roll then in force; and if it refuses or neglects to produce such certificate, the county council may fix the amount of the contribution contemplated by subarticle 5, of the said corporation, according to what it considers just.
For the purposes of this article, the words “standardized assessment of taxable immovable property” mean the total of the following assessments:
(1)  the standardized taxable assessment of all the immovables;
(2)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in the first paragraph of section 255 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1);
(3)  the percentage of the standardized nontaxable assessment of the immovables contemplated in the second, third or fourth paragraph of section 255 of the said Act corresponding to the percentage referred to in the said paragraph;
(4)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all farmland;
(5)  any part of the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in paragraph 1.1 of section 204 of the said Act in respect of which amounts in lieu of taxes must be paid; that part of the standardized assessment is that corresponding to the proportion represented by the amounts paid for the reference fiscal period in relation to the total amount of the municipal real estate taxes which could have been imposed for that fiscal period in respect of those immovables if they had not been tax-exempt; for the purposes of this article, the reference fiscal period, in respect of an immovable, is the last municipal fiscal period for which the amounts in lieu of taxes in respect of that immovable are paid-up;
(6)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in the first paragraph of section 208 of the said Act;
(7)  the assessment equivalent to the capitalization, based on the standardized aggregate taxation rate of the corporation for the fiscal period preceding the fiscal period considered, of the revenues of the corporation derived from the application of section 222 of the said Act for the said preceding fiscal period and of its revenues derived from the application of the second paragraph of section 230 of the said Act for the fiscal period considered; for the purposes of this article, the standardized aggregate taxation rate is that which is computed in accordance with the regulation made under paragraph 7 of section 262 of the said Act on the basis of the data provided in the budget of the preceding fiscal period.
(7)  (Subarticle repealed).
M.C. 1916, a. 423; 1922 (2nd sess.), c. 84, s. 2; 1930, c. 106, s. 1; 1931, c. 19, s. 34; 1934, c. 83, s. 8; 1952-53, c. 29, s. 17, s. 20; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1969, c. 21, s. 35; 1973, c. 27, s. 20; 1979, c. 72, s. 278; 1983, c. 57, s. 22; 1983, c. 40, s. 63; 1984, c. 38, s. 66; 1986, c. 32, s. 8.
681. (1)  Every county corporation must make, and it may amend or repeal by-laws to provide:
(a)  for the erection and maintenance of as many registry offices as there are registration divisions in the county; and
(b)  for the erection and maintenance of a building for the Provincial Court, and for furnishing the accessories necessary for holding such court.
(2)  The county corporation may erect or acquire a common building for the registry office and the Provincial Court, or a building for each; but every such building must contain a fireproof vault furnished in a manner suitable for its purpose.
(3)  The county corporation must acquire land suitable for the erection of such building, whether intended for a registry office or for a court house, or both, or it may expropriate an immovable already in use for either the one or the other such purpose, or for both, whether such immovable is situated within the county, or within a city, town or other municipality situated in the same registration division, notwithstanding the provisions of the charter of such city, town, or other municipality, or any contrary provisions.
(4)  The county corporation must maintain the building or buildings used for the registry office and the Provincial Court, together with the vaults or safes, in a good state of repair; it must also maintain in a good state of repair the furniture of the Provincial Court and the fixtures of the vaults or safes used for the registry office or for the Provincial Court, the whole to the satisfaction of the president of the Société immobilière du Québec.
(5)  The corporation of every city, town or other municipality situated within one and the same county for registration purposes or for the purposes of the Provincial Court, is obliged to contribute to the costs incurred by the county corporation under this article as well as to the costs of repair and furnishing considered necessary thereafter, in the same proportion as other local corporations in the county, according to the total standardized assessment of taxable immovable property of the corporations concerned; the county corporation may determine the amount of the contribution of the city or town corporation or of the other municipality and recover that amount from that corporation in the same manner as from any local corporation.
(6)  Each city or town corporation in a county, after being duly requested by the secretary-treasurer of the county council, must produce in the following month, a certificate of the standardized assessment of its taxable immovable property according to the assessment roll then in force; and if it refuses or neglects to produce such certificate, the county council may fix the amount of the contribution contemplated by subarticle 5, of the said corporation, according to what it considers just.
For the purposes of this article, the words “standardized assessment of taxable immovable property” mean the total of the following assessments:
(1)  the standardized taxable assessment of all the immovables;
(2)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in the first paragraph of section 255 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1);
(3)  the percentage of the standardized nontaxable assessment of the immovables contemplated in the second, third or fourth paragraph of section 255 of the said Act corresponding to the percentage referred to in the said paragraph;
(4)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all farmland and woodlots;
(5)  any part of the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in paragraph 1.1 of section 204 of the said Act in respect of which amounts in lieu of taxes must be paid; that part of the standardized assessment is that corresponding to the proportion represented by the amounts paid for the reference fiscal period in relation to the total amount of the municipal real estate taxes which could have been imposed for that fiscal period in respect of those immovables if they had not been tax-exempt; for the purposes of this article, the reference fiscal period, in respect of an immovable, is the last municipal fiscal period for which the amounts in lieu of taxes in respect of that immovable are paid-up;
(6)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in the first paragraph of section 208 of the said Act;
(7)  the assessment equivalent to the capitalization, based on the standardized aggregate taxation rate of the corporation for the fiscal period preceding the fiscal period considered, of the revenues of the corporation derived from the application of section 222 of the said Act for the said preceding fiscal period and of its revenues derived from the application of the second paragraph of section 230 of the said Act for the fiscal period considered; for the purposes of this article, the standardized aggregate taxation rate is that which is computed in accordance with the regulation made under paragraph 7 of section 262 of the said Act on the basis of the data provided in the budget of the preceding fiscal period.
(7)  (Subarticle repealed).
M.C. 1916, a. 423; 1922 (2nd sess.), c. 84, s. 2; 1930, c. 106, s. 1; 1931, c. 19, s. 34; 1934, c. 83, s. 8; 1952-53, c. 29, s. 17, s. 20; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1969, c. 21, s. 35; 1973, c. 27, s. 20; 1979, c. 72, s. 278; 1983, c. 57, s. 22; 1983, c. 40, s. 63; 1984, c. 38, s. 66.
681. (1)  Every county corporation must make, and it may amend or repeal by-laws to provide:
(a)  for the erection and maintenance of as many registry offices as there are registration divisions in the county; and
(b)  for the erection and maintenance of a building for the Provincial Court, and for furnishing the accessories necessary for holding such court.
(2)  The county corporation may erect or acquire a common building for the registry office and the Provincial Court, or a building for each; but every such building must contain a fireproof vault furnished in a manner suitable for its purpose.
(3)  The county corporation must acquire land suitable for the erection of such building, whether intended for a registry office or for a court house, or both, or it may expropriate an immovable already in use for either the one or the other such purpose, or for both, whether such immovable is situated within the county, or within a city, town or other municipality situated in the same registration division, notwithstanding the provisions of the charter of such city, town, or other municipality, or any contrary provisions.
(4)  The county corporation must maintain the building or buildings used for the registry office and the Provincial Court, together with the vaults or safes, in a good state of repair; it must also maintain in a good state of repair the furniture of the Provincial Court and the fixtures of the vaults or safes used for the registry office or for the Provincial Court, the whole to the satisfaction of the president of the Société immobilière du Québec.
(5)  The corporation of every city, town or other municipality situated within one and the same county for registration purposes or for the purposes of the Provincial Court, is obliged to contribute to the costs incurred by the county corporation under this article as well as to the costs of repair and furnishing considered necessary thereafter, in the same proportion as other local corporations in the county, according to the total standardized assessment of taxable immovable property of the corporations concerned; the county corporation may determine the amount of the contribution of the city or town corporation or of the other municipality and recover that amount from that corporation in the same manner as from any local corporation.
(6)  Each city or town corporation in a county, after being duly requested by the secretary-treasurer of the county council, must produce in the following month, a certificate of the standardized assessment of its taxable immovable property according to the assessment roll then in force; and if it refuses or neglects to produce such certificate, the county council may fix the amount of the contribution contemplated by subarticle 5, of the said corporation, according to what it considers just.
For the purposes of this article, the words “standardized assessment of taxable immovable property” mean the total of the following assessments:
(1)  the standardized taxable assessment of all the immovables;
(2)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in the first paragraph of section 255 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1);
(3)  the percentage of the standardized nontaxable assessment of the immovables contemplated in the second, third or fourth paragraph of section 255 of the said Act corresponding to the percentage referred to in the said paragraph;
(4)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all farmland and woodlots;
(5)  any part of the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in paragraph 1.1 of section 204 of the said Act in respect of which amounts in lieu of taxes must be paid; that part of the standardized assessment is that corresponding to the proportion represented by the amounts paid for the reference fiscal period in relation to the total amount of the municipal real estate taxes which could have been imposed for that fiscal period in respect of those immovables if they had not been tax-exempt; for the purposes of this article, the reference fiscal period, in respect of an immovable, is the last municipal fiscal period for which the amounts in lieu of taxes in respect of that immovable are paid-up;
(6)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in the first paragraph of section 208 of the said Act;
(7)  the assessment equivalent to the capitalization, based on the standardized aggregate taxation rate of the corporation for the fiscal period preceding the fiscal period considered, of the revenues of the corporation derived from the application of section 222 of the said Act for the said preceding fiscal period and of its revenues derived from the application of the second paragraph of section 230 of the said Act for the fiscal period considered; for the purposes of this article, the standardized aggregate taxation rate is that which is computed in accordance with the regulation made under paragraph 7 of section 262 of the said Act on the basis of the data provided in the budget of the preceding fiscal period.
(7)  Whenever, for the purpose of subscribing to the construction of a court house, house of detention or registry office, a county council must contract a loan, the by-law is not submitted to the vote of the proprietors who are electors, but must be approved by the Government.
M.C. 1916, a. 423; 1922 (2nd sess.), c. 84, s. 2; 1930, c. 106, s. 1; 1931, c. 19, s. 34; 1934, c. 83, s. 8; 1952-53, c. 29, s. 17, s. 20; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1969, c. 21, s. 35; 1973, c. 27, s. 20; 1979, c. 72, s. 278; 1983, c. 57, s. 22; 1983, c. 40, s. 63.
681. (1)  Every county corporation must make, and it may amend or repeal by-laws to provide:
(a)  for the erection and maintenance of as many registry offices as there are registration divisions in the county; and
(b)  for the erection and maintenance of a building for the Provincial Court, and for furnishing the accessories necessary for holding such court.
(2)  The county corporation may erect or acquire a common building for the registry office and the Provincial Court, or a building for each; but every such building must contain a fireproof vault furnished in a manner suitable for its purpose.
(3)  The county corporation must acquire land suitable for the erection of such building, whether intended for a registry office or for a court house, or both, or it may expropriate an immovable already in use for either the one or the other such purpose, or for both, whether such immovable is situated within the county, or within a city, town or other municipality situated in the same registration division, notwithstanding the provisions of the charter of such city, town, or other municipality, or any contrary provisions.
(4)  The county corporation must maintain the building or buildings used for the registry office and the Provincial Court, together with the vaults or safes, in a good state of repair; it must also maintain in a good state of repair the furniture of the Provincial Court and the fixtures of the vaults or safes used for the registry office or for the Provincial Court, the whole to the satisfaction of the Minister of Public Works and Supply.
(5)  The corporation of every city, town or other municipality situated within one and the same county for registration purposes or for the purposes of the Provincial Court, is obliged to contribute to the costs incurred by the county corporation under this article as well as to the costs of repair and furnishing considered necessary thereafter, in the same proportion as other local corporations in the county, according to the total standardized assessment of taxable immovable property of the corporations concerned; the county corporation may determine the amount of the contribution of the city or town corporation or of the other municipality and recover that amount from that corporation in the same manner as from any local corporation.
(6)  Each city or town corporation in a county, after being duly requested by the secretary-treasurer of the county council, must produce in the following month, a certificate of the standardized assessment of its taxable immovable property according to the assessment roll then in force; and if it refuses or neglects to produce such certificate, the county council may fix the amount of the contribution contemplated by subarticle 5, of the said corporation, according to what it considers just.
For the purposes of this article, the words “standardized assessment of taxable immovable property” mean the total of the following assessments:
(1)  the standardized taxable assessment of all the immovables;
(2)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in the first paragraph of section 255 of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1);
(3)  the percentage of the standardized nontaxable assessment of the immovables contemplated in the second, third or fourth paragraph of section 255 of the said Act corresponding to the percentage referred to in the said paragraph;
(4)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all farmland and woodlots;
(5)  any part of the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in paragraph 1.1 of section 204 of the said Act in respect of which amounts in lieu of taxes must be paid; that part of the standardized assessment is that corresponding to the proportion represented by the amounts paid for the reference fiscal period in relation to the total amount of the municipal real estate taxes which could have been imposed for that fiscal period in respect of those immovables if they had not been tax-exempt; for the purposes of this article, the reference fiscal period, in respect of an immovable, is the last municipal fiscal period for which the amounts in lieu of taxes in respect of that immovable are paid-up;
(6)  the standardized nontaxable assessment of all the immovables contemplated in the first paragraph of section 208 of the said Act;
(7)  the assessment equivalent to the capitalization, based on the standardized aggregate taxation rate of the corporation for the fiscal period preceding the fiscal period considered, of the revenues of the corporation derived from the application of section 222 of the said Act for the said preceding fiscal period and of its revenues derived from the application of the second paragraph of section 230 of the said Act for the fiscal period considered; for the purposes of this article, the standardized aggregate taxation rate is that which is computed in accordance with the regulation made under paragraph 7 of section 262 of the said Act on the basis of the data provided in the budget of the preceding fiscal period.
(7)  Whenever, for the purpose of subscribing to the construction of a court house, house of detention or registry office, a county council must contract a loan, the by-law is not submitted to the vote of the proprietors who are electors, but must be approved by the Government.
M.C. 1916, a. 423; 1922 (2nd sess.), c. 84, s. 2; 1930, c. 106, s. 1; 1931, c. 19, s. 34; 1934, c. 83, s. 8; 1952-53, c. 29, s. 17, s. 20; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1969, c. 21, s. 35; 1973, c. 27, s. 20; 1979, c. 72, s. 278; 1983, c. 57, s. 22.