V-6.1 - Act respecting Northern villages and the Kativik Regional Government

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2. In this act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “Regional Government” means the regional government established under section 239;

(b)  “meeting”, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;

(c)  “municipal office” means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer or employee of a municipal corporation;

(d)  “regional office” means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers or employees of the Regional Government;

(e)  “executive committee” means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;

(f)  “regional councillor” means a councillor elected or appointed to represent a municipal corporation on the council of the Regional Government;

(g)  “ratepayer” means a person liable for payment of an assessment or tax, including water rate, to the municipal corporation;

(h)  “Agreement” means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);

(i)  “elector” means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;

(j)  “officer or employee of the Regionl Government” means any officer or employee of the Regional Government, with the exception of the regional councillors;

(k)  “officer or employee of the municipal corporation” means any officer or employee of a municipal corporation, with the exception of the members of the council;

(l)  “tenant” means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immoveable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop, office or place of business;

(m)  “Minister” means the Minister of Municipal Affairs;

(n)  “municipality” means a territory erected for the purpose of municipal administration;

(o)  “occupant” means any person who occupies an immoveable in his own name, otherwise than as owner, usufructuary or institute, and who enjoys the revenues derived from such immoveable;

(p)  “ordinance” means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of these municipalities, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;

(q)  “property-owner” means any person who possesses immoveable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of Crown Lands with a promise of sale;

(r)  “by-law” means an enactment of the council of a municipal corporation or of the Regional Government acting as a municipal corporation;

(s)  “sitting”, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipal corporation;

(t)  “oath” means an oath or, in the case of a person who has no religious belief or for whom the taking of an oath would be contrary to his religious beliefs, a solemn affirmation;

(u)  “municipal services” means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipal corporation;

(v)  “territory” means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Cree, Inuit and Naskapi Native persons (chapter A-33.1).

1978, c. 87, s. 2.

1978-08-02

2. In this act, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(a)  “Regional Government” means the regional government established under section 239;

(b)  “meeting”, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special meeting of the executive committee or of the council of the Regional Government, as the case may be;

(c)  “municipal office” means the office or functions of a member of a municipal council, or of an officer or employee of a municipal corporation;

(d)  “regional office” means the office or functions of a member of the council or executive committee of the Regional Government, or of the officers or employees of the Regional Government;

(e)  “executive committee” means the executive committee of the Regional Government contemplated in section 276;

(f)  “regional councillor” means a councillor elected or appointed to represent a municipal corporation on the council of the Regional Government;

(g)  “ratepayer” means a person liable for payment of an assessment or tax, including water rate, to the municipal corporation;

(h)  “Agreement” means the Agreement contemplated in section 1 of the Act approving the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec (chapter C-67);

(i)  “elector” means a person having the right to vote at a municipal election;

(j)  “officer or employee of the Regionl Government” means any officer or employee of the Regional Government, with the exception of the regional councillors;

(k)  “officer or employee of the municipal corporation” means any officer or employee of a municipal corporation, with the exception of the members of the council;

(l)  “tenant” means any person who is bound to pay rent in money or to give part of the fruits or revenues of the immoveable which he occupies, and who is resident householder, saving the case of the lessee of a store, shop, office or place of business;

(m)  “Minister” means the Minister of Municipal Affairs;

(n)  “municipality” means a territory erected for the purpose of municipal administration;

(o)  “occupant” means any person who occupies an immoveable in his own name, otherwise than as owner, usufructuary or institute, and who enjoys the revenues derived from such immoveable;

(p)  “ordinance” means an enactment of the Regional Government which applies within the municipalities under its jurisdiction or to the inhabitants of these municipalities, except where the enactment itself expressly provides otherwise;

(q)  “property-owner” means any person who possesses immoveable property in his own name as owner, as usufructuary, or as institute in cases of substitution, or as possessor of Crown Lands with a promise of sale;

(r)  “by-law” means an enactment of the council of a municipal corporation or of the Regional Government acting as a municipal corporation;

(s)  “sitting”, used alone, means an ordinary, general or special sitting of the council of a municipal corporation;

(t)  “oath” means an oath or, in the case of a person who has no religious belief or for whom the taking of an oath would be contrary to his religious beliefs, a solemn affirmation;

(u)  “municipal services” means water, sewer, fire protection, recreation, cultural activities, roads, garbage removal and disposal, lighting, heating, power, and snow removal services supplied by a municipal corporation;

(v)  “territory” means all the territory of Québec located north of the fifty-fifth parallel, excluding the Category IA and IB lands intended for the Cree community of Great Whale River and designated as such under the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1) or, meantime, under the Act respecting Native Crees and Inuit (chapter A-33.1).

1978, c. 87, s. 2.