3.7. The council shall hold a public meeting for the purpose of hearing the persons attending, on the matter of the draft by-law, if the required number of electors, within the meaning of section 3.6, have informed the clerk in writing of their objection to the draft by-law.
The required number is at least(1) twenty electors in a municipality having a population of under 20 000;
(2) one elector for every thousand inhabitants in a municipality having a population of 20 000 or over but under 100 000;
(3) one hundred electors in a municipality having a population of 100 000 or over.