121.1. Chapters II and III of Part I apply for the purposes of a general election prescribed for 1981 solely to a municipality contemplated in section 121 or a municipality that complies with the second paragraph. For the purposes of that election in that municipality, the periods mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of section 3 expire on 31 December 1980 and 31 March 1981, respectively.
A municipality having a population, on 18 June 1980, of 1 000 or over but under 20 000 may order that Chapters II and III of Part I apply to it for the purposes of the general election prescribed for 1981, by complying with section 1.4, provided that the by-law contemplated therein is in force before 1 September 1980.