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E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities

Section 518
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518. A person is a qualified voter of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned, if, on the date of reference, the person is not disqualified from voting under section 524 and meets one of the following two requirements:
(1)  the person is a natural person who has been domiciled in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned and, for at least six months, in Québec;
(2)  the person has been, for at least 12 months, the owner of an immovable or the occupant of a business establishment, within the meaning of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1), situated in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned.
A natural person must also be, on the date of reference, of full age and a Canadian citizen, and must not be disqualified from voting as a result of a judgment rendered under article 288 of the Civil Code.
1987, c. 57, s. 518; 1989, c. 54, s. 171; 1999, c. 25, s. 65; 1999, c. 40, s. 114; 2000, c. 19, s. 22; 2020, c. 11, s. 158.
518. A person is a qualified voter of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned, if, on the date of reference, the person is not disqualified from voting under section 524 and meets one of the following two requirements :
(1)  the person is a natural person who has been domiciled in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned and, for at least six months, in Québec ;
(2)  the person has been, for at least 12 months, the owner of an immovable or the occupant of a business establishment, within the meaning of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1), situated in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned.
A natural person must also be, on the date of reference, of full age and a Canadian citizen, and must not be under curatorship.
1987, c. 57, s. 518; 1989, c. 54, s. 171; 1999, c. 25, s. 65; 1999, c. 40, s. 114; 2000, c. 19, s. 22.
518. A person is a qualified voter of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned, if, on the date of reference, the person is not disqualified from voting under section 524 and meets one of the following two requirements :
(1)  the person has been domiciled in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned and, for at least six months, in Québec ;
(2)  the person has been, for at least 12 months, the owner of an immovable or the occupant of a business establishment, within the meaning of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1), situated in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned.
A natural person must also be, on the date of reference, of full age and a Canadian citizen, and must not be under curatorship.
1987, c. 57, s. 518; 1989, c. 54, s. 171; 1999, c. 25, s. 65; 1999, c. 40, s. 114.
518. A person is a qualified voter of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned, if, on the date of reference, the person is not disqualified from voting under section 524 and meets one of the following two requirements :
(1)  the person has been domiciled in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned and, for at least six months, in Québec ;
(2)  the person has been, for at least 12 months, the owner of an immovable or the occupant of a place of business, within the meaning of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1), situated in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned.
A natural person must also be, on the date of reference, of full age and a Canadian citizen, and must not be under curatorship.
1987, c. 57, s. 518; 1989, c. 54, s. 171; 1999, c. 25, s. 65.
518. A person is a qualified voter of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned, if, on the date of reference, he is not disqualified from voting under section 524 and meets one of the following requirements:
(1)  he is domiciled in the territory of the municipality, or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned;
(2)  he is the owner of an immovable situated in the territory or, as the case may be, sector, within the meaning of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1);
(3)  he is the occupant of a place of business situated in the territory or, as the case may be, sector, within the meaning of the Act respecting municipal taxation.
A natural person must also be, on the date of reference, of full age and a Canadian citizen, and must not be under curatorship.
1987, c. 57, s. 518; 1989, c. 54, s. 171.
518. A person is a qualified voter of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned, if, on the date of reference, he is not disqualified from voting under section 524 and meets one of the following requirements:
(1)  he is domiciled in the territory of the municipality, or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned;
(2)  he is the owner of an immovable situated in the territory or, as the case may be, sector, within the meaning of the Act respecting municipal taxation (chapter F-2.1);
(3)  he is the occupant of a place of business situated in the territory or, as the case may be, sector, within the meaning of the Act respecting municipal taxation.
A natural person must also be, on the date of reference, of full age and a Canadian citizen, and must be neither interdicted, nor under close treatment pursuant to the Mental Patients Protection Act (chapter P-41), nor under the protection of the Public Curator.
1987, c. 57, s. 518.
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