1104. A municipality cannot, without the authorization of the Government, expropriate the following properties:(1) property belonging to the State or held in trust for its use;
(2) property owned or occupied by the Government of Canada or the Gouvernement du Québec;
(3) property owned or occupied by railway companies, fabriques, or religious, charitable or educational institutions or corporations;
(4) cemeteries, bishops’ palaces, parsonages, or their dependencies.
However, the municipality may, without the authorization of the Government, expropriate servitudes on the land of a fabrique or of a religious, charitable or educational corporation or institution, for the establishment, repair and maintenance of a waterworks or sewer system, except on lands used for purposes of worship.
M.C. 1916, a. 793; 1953-54, c. 31, s. 5; 1996, c. 2, s. 443; 1999, c. 40, s. 60; 2002, c. 37, s. 116.