359. A member of the council who fails to file the statement within the prescribed time loses, from the 10th day following the expiry of the prescribed time and until the statement is filed, the right to attend in that capacity the sittings of the council of the municipality or of the committees and commissions thereof, of the councils, committees and commissions of the regional county municipality, the metropolitan community, or any intermunicipal board of management or of any other board, committee, commission or public body of which he is a member by reason of the fact that he is a member of the council of the municipality, regional county municipality, community or board.
As soon as practicable after the expiry of the time prescribed for filing the statement, the clerk or the secretary-treasurer shall notify the member who has not filed the statement of his failure and of the effects thereof.
As soon as practicable after the member has lost the right to attend sittings, the clerk or the secretary-treasurer shall notify in writing the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy, the council, the regional county municipality, the metropolitan community, the intermunicipal board of management and every other public body the sittings of which he is no longer entitled to attend. He shall also notify them as soon as practicable where the member files the statement and recovers the right to attend sittings.
1987, c. 57, s. 359; 1990, c. 85, s. 122; 2000, c. 56, s. 218; 2010, c. 42, s. 18.