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E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities

Section 12
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12. Subject to section 12.0.1, each electoral district shall be delimited in such a manner that, according to the document provided for in section 12.1, the number of electors in the district is not more than 15% above or below the quotient obtained by dividing the total number of electors of the municipality by the number of districts. The percentage shall be 25% in the case of a municipality having a population of under 20,000 on the date of passage of the draft by-law dividing its territory into electoral districts.
A municipality may make exceptions to the first paragraph; the by-law dividing its territory into electoral districts shall then be submitted to the Commission de la représentation for approval.
1987, c. 57, s. 12; 2001, c. 25, s. 75; 2007, c. 33, s. 3.
12. Each electoral district shall be delimited in such a manner that, according to the document provided for in section 12.1, the number of electors in the district is not more than 15% above or below the quotient obtained by dividing the total number of electors of the municipality by the number of districts. The percentage shall be 25% in the case of a municipality having a population of under 20 000 on the date of passage of the draft by-law dividing its territory into electoral districts.
A municipality may make exceptions to the first paragraph; the by-law dividing its territory into electoral districts shall then be submitted to the Commission de la représentation for approval.
1987, c. 57, s. 12; 2001, c. 25, s. 75.
12. Each electoral district shall be delimited in such a manner that, according to the list of electors of the municipality, the number of electors in the district is not more than 15% above or below the quotient obtained by dividing the total number of electors of the municipality by the number of districts. The percentage shall be 25% in the case of a municipality having a population of under 20 000 on the date of passage of the draft by-law dividing its territory into electoral districts.
A municipality may make exceptions to the first paragraph; the by-law dividing its territory into electoral districts shall then be submitted to the Commission de la représentation for approval.
1987, c. 57, s. 12.
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