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E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities

Section 16
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16. Within 15 days of passage of the draft by-law, the clerk or the clerk-treasurer shall publish, in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, a notice setting forth
(1)  the object of the draft by-law;
(2)  the description of the boundaries of the proposed electoral districts;
(3)  the number of electors included in each proposed electoral district;
(4)  the place, days and hours for examining the draft by-law;
(5)  every elector’s right to inform the clerk or the clerk-treasurer in writing of his objection to the draft by-law within 15 days of publication of the notice;
(6)  the address to which objections must be sent;
(7)  the number of objections required to oblige the council to hold a public meeting to hear the persons present in respect of the draft by-law.
In addition to or in lieu of the description required under subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph, the notice may include a map or a sketch of the proposed electoral districts.
1987, c. 57, s. 16; 1997, c. 34, s. 5; 2021, c. 31, s. 132.
16. Within 15 days of passage of the draft by-law, the clerk or the secretary-treasurer shall publish, in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, a notice setting forth
(1)  the object of the draft by-law;
(2)  the description of the boundaries of the proposed electoral districts;
(3)  the number of electors included in each proposed electoral district;
(4)  the place, days and hours for examining the draft by-law;
(5)  every elector’s right to inform the clerk or the secretary-treasurer in writing of his objection to the draft by-law within 15 days of publication of the notice;
(6)  the address to which objections must be sent;
(7)  the number of objections required to oblige the council to hold a public meeting to hear the persons present in respect of the draft by-law.
In addition to or in lieu of the description required under subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph, the notice may include a map or a sketch of the proposed electoral districts.
1987, c. 57, s. 16; 1997, c. 34, s. 5.
16. Within 15 days of passage of the draft by-law, the clerk or the secretary-treasurer shall publish, in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, a notice setting forth
(1)  the object of the draft by-law;
(2)  the description of the boundaries of the proposed electoral districts;
(3)  the number of electors included in each proposed electoral district;
(4)  the place, days and hours for examining the draft by-law;
(5)  every elector’s right to inform the clerk or the secretary-treasurer in writing of his objection to the draft by-law within 15 days of publication of the notice;
(6)  the address to which objections must be sent;
(7)  the number of objections required to oblige the council to hold a public meeting to hear the persons present in respect of the draft by-law.
In the case of a municipality having a population of 20 000 or over, the notice shall include a map or a sketch of the proposed electoral districts.
1987, c. 57, s. 16.
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