1. All public exhibitions of monsters, idiots or other imbecile or deformed persons, tending to endanger public safety or morality, may be prohibited by local councils in Québec; and any person contravening any such prohibition shall be liable to a fine of $40, recoverable with costs at the suit of the proper municipal corporation, by civil action or proceeding, for its own benefit, before any court having jurisdiction to the above amount, upon the evidence of a credible witness.
R. S. 1964, c. 192, s. 1.