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E-25 - Act respecting expropriation
Section 4
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4. Every expropriation must be decided or, as applicable, authorized beforehand by the Government on the conditions it determines.
The first paragraph does not apply
(1) where a minister publishes in the Gazette officielle du Québec a notice announcing the minister’s intention to expropriate the immovables specified therein, for the purposes stated in the notice, and where the expropriation is being carried out, on the minister’s own behalf or on another’s behalf, under an Act that allows the minister to carry out the expropriation without requiring the authorization of the Government;
(2) where the expropriation is carried out by a minister, on the minister’s own behalf or on another’s behalf, under an Act that allows the minister to carry out the expropriation with the authorization of the Government; or
(3) where the expropriation is decided by a municipality, a metropolitan community, an intermunicipal board, a school service centre or a school board.
In force: 2023-12-29
4. Every expropriation must be decided or, as applicable, authorized beforehand by the Government on the conditions it determines.
The first paragraph does not apply
(1) where a minister publishes in the Gazette officielle du Québec a notice announcing the minister’s intention to expropriate the immovables specified therein, for the purposes stated in the notice, and where the expropriation is being carried out, on the minister’s own behalf or on another’s behalf, under an Act that allows the minister to carry out the expropriation without requiring the authorization of the Government;
(2) where the expropriation is carried out by a minister, on the minister’s own behalf or on another’s behalf, under an Act that allows the minister to carry out the expropriation with the authorization of the Government; or
(3) where the expropriation is decided by a municipality, a metropolitan community, an intermunicipal board, a school service centre or a school board.
