C-24 - Highway Code

Section 102 Disposition versions

1987-06-29

102. (Replaced).

R. S. 1964, c. 231, s. 77; 1971, c. 48, s. 161; 1972, c. 55, s. 173; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1986, c. 91, s. 674.

1977-12-31

102. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 100, a municipal council may:

(1)  Impose a tax or a license fee on owners of motor vehicles used by them in carrying on the business of cabman or common carrier or for hiring purposes, provided that a similar tax or license fee be imposed upon owners of other vehicles used in carrying on the same business in the same municipality. The payment of such tax to a municipality or the fact of obtaining the license issued by such municipality shall not exempt the holder of such license, or the person who has paid such tax, from the obligation of securing a registration and a permit under this act and of complying with all the provisions of this act;

(2)  Make by-laws for the location of stands for public vehicles, regulating the use thereof and making the same compulsory, and also establish and put into force a tariff of fares which may be charged by common carriers, provided that such by-laws apply to all common carriers of the same municipality, whether the vehicle used be fitted with a motor or drawn by an animal;

(3)  Make by-laws to govern the inspection of taximeters employed on public vehicles transporting passengers;

(4)  Prohibit, restrain or otherwise regulate the parking of vehicles on the public roads of the municipality and their operation near schools and hospitals centres;

(5)  Take the necessary measures to prevent congestion of traffic or remedy same;

(6)  Establish crossing and safety zones for foot passengers and prescribe and regulate their use;

(7)  Prohibit splashing and take the measures necessary to remedy same;

(8)  Make by-laws respecting the direction, crossing, overtaking and stopping of vehicles on the public roads of the municipality, provided that such by-laws are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 39 to 52 of this act;

(9)  Make by-laws to provide that no license, the imposition whereof is authorized by paragraph 1 of this section, be issued to the owner of a taxi, or to the owner of a pleasure vehicle which he possesses for hiring purposes, before the accomplishment of the following formalities:

The owner of such taxi or of such pleasure vehicle must deposit with the treasurer of the municipality a copy of the insurance policy or policies guaranteeing him against actions for damages taken against him by third persons on account of accidents caused by such taxi or vehicle and imputable to his fault or that of his employees or of the persons under his control.

Such policy or policies must be issued by a company authorized to assume risks in Québec, for an amount which shall not be less than $1 000 for damages to property, $5 000 for bodily hurt or injury caused to one person only, and $10 000 for bodily hurt or injury caused to more than one person but resulting from the same accident.

Such insurance policy or policies must be kept in force during the whole period of such license, otherwise such license shall be null ipsofacto, and the policy or policies must contain a clause to the effect that the same cannot be cancelled without previous notice in writing to the treasurer of the municipality.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this section, no municipal council may, without the prior authorization of the Minister, impose a tax or license fee on common carriers whose vehicles are used exclusively for the interurban transportation of merchandise and who obtained, from the Commission des transports, an authorization for such object.

R. S. 1964, c. 231, s. 77; 1971, c. 48, s. 161; 1972, c. 55, s. 173; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.