161. The head of the council or any person presiding at a sitting of the council shall be entitled to vote but not obliged to do so; when a vote results in a tie, the decision shall be deemed to be in the negative.
However, the warden who has been replaced as representative of the municipality, in accordance with section 210.27 of the Act respecting municipal territorial organization (chapter O-9), only has the right to vote as provided for in section 197 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1).
M.C. 1916, a. 123; 1938, c. 103, s. 3; 1968, c. 86, s. 4; 1993, c. 65, s. 96.