E-2.2 - Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities

Section 553 Disposition versions

2023-09-01

553. Unless the by-law, resolution or ordinance is withdrawn, a referendum poll shall be held where, at the end of the period of registration, the number of applications reaches

(1)  50% of the qualified voters where there are 25 or fewer;

(2)  the lesser of 30,000 and the number obtained by adding 13 to the number corresponding to 10% of the qualified voters beyond the first 25, where there are over 25;

(3)  (subparagraph replaced);

(4)  (subparagraph replaced).

Where the result of the computation under the first paragraph is a number including a fraction, the fraction is counted as a unit.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, qualified voters are persons entitled to have their names entered on the referendum list of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned.

1987, c. 57, s. 553; 1999, c. 40, s. 114; 2017, c. 13, s. 151; 2021, c. 31, s. 132; 2023, c. 12, s. 121.

2021-11-05

553. Unless the by-law, resolution or ordinance is withdrawn, a referendum poll shall be held where, at the end of the period of registration, the number of applications reaches

(1)  50% of the qualified voters where there are 25 or fewer;

(2)  the lesser of 30,000 and the number obtained by adding 13 to the number corresponding to 10% of the qualified voters beyond the first 25, where there are over 25;

(3)  (subparagraph replaced);

(4)  (subparagraph replaced).

Where the result of the computation under the first paragraph is a number including a fraction, the fraction is counted as a unit.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, qualified voters are persons entitled to have their names entered on the referendum list of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned. Unless the clerk or the clerk-treasurer has a list of all those persons, their number shall be considered equal to the total sum of housing units, non-residential immovables and business establishments situated in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned.

1987, c. 57, s. 553; 1999, c. 40, s. 114; 2017, c. 13, s. 151; 2021, c. 31, s. 132.

2017-06-16

553. Unless the by-law, resolution or ordinance is withdrawn, a referendum poll shall be held where, at the end of the period of registration, the number of applications reaches

(1)  50% of the qualified voters where there are 25 or fewer;

(2)  the lesser of 30,000 and the number obtained by adding 13 to the number corresponding to 10% of the qualified voters beyond the first 25, where there are over 25;

(3)  (subparagraph replaced);

(4)  (subparagraph replaced).

Where the result of the computation under the first paragraph is a number including a fraction, the fraction is counted as a unit.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, qualified voters are persons entitled to have their names entered on the referendum list of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned. Unless the clerk or the secretary-treasurer has a list of all those persons, their number shall be considered equal to the total sum of housing units, non-residential immovables and business establishments situated in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned.

1987, c. 57, s. 553; 1999, c. 40, s. 114; 2017, c. 13, s. 151.

1999-10-22

553. Unless the by-law, resolution or ordinance is withdrawn, a referendum poll shall be held where, at the end of the period of registration, the number of applications reaches

(1)  50% of the qualified voters where there are 25 or fewer;

(2)  the lesser of 500 and the number obtained by adding 13 to 10% of the qualified voters in excess of 25, where there are over 25 but under 5,000;

(3)  500, where the number of qualified voters is over 5,000 but under 20,000; or

(4)  2.5% of the qualified voters where there are 20,000 or over.

Where the result of the computation under the first paragraph is a number including a fraction, the fraction is counted as a unit.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, qualified voters are persons entitled to have their names entered on the referendum list of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned. Unless the clerk or the secretary-treasurer has a list of all those persons, their number shall be considered equal to the total sum of housing units, non-residential immovables and business establishments situated in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned.

1987, c. 57, s. 553; 1999, c. 40, s. 114.

1988-01-01

553. Unless the by-law, resolution or ordinance is withdrawn, a referendum poll shall be held where, at the end of the period of registration, the number of applications reaches

(1)  50 % of the qualified voters where there are 25 or fewer;

(2)  the lesser of 500 and the number obtained by adding 13 to 10 % of the qualified voters in excess of 25, where there are over 25 but under 5 000;

(3)  500, where the number of qualified voters is over 5 000 but under 20 000; or

(4)  2.5 % of the qualified voters where there are 20 000 or over.

Where the result of the computation under the first paragraph is a number including a fraction, the fraction is counted as a unit.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, qualified voters are persons entitled to have their names entered on the referendum list of the municipality or, as the case may be, of the sector concerned. Unless the clerk or the secretary-treasurer has a list of all those persons, their number shall be considered equal to the total sum of housing units, non-residential immovables and places of business situated in the territory of the municipality or, as the case may be, in the sector concerned.

1987, c. 57, s. 553.