69. Unless otherwise provided for in the by-laws, a member may authorize in writing his or her spouse or children of full age to take part in the deliberations of the meeting, in his absence, and to vote in his or her place, except if that person is already a member.
For the purposes of this section, spouses are persons who are married to, or in a civil union with, each other and cohabit or persons, of opposite sex or of the same sex, who have been living together in a de facto union for at least one year.
1982, c. 26, s. 69; 1995, c. 67, s. 46; 1999, c. 14, s. 11; 2002, c. 6, s. 131; 2003, c. 18, s. 42.