446. The original of every by-law, to be authentic, must be signed either by the head of the corporation, or by the person presiding at the sitting of the council at the time such by-law was passed, and by the secretary-treasurer.
In no case where this Code or any other general law or special Act provides that a by-law must receive an approval may the by-law be published or come into force until it has received that approval. In such a case, a certificate signed by the head of the council and by the secretary-treasurer, certifying the date of each of the required approvals, must accompany and forms part of the original of such by-law.
M.C. 1916, a. 360; 1947, c. 77, s. 9; 1982, c. 63, s. 22.