9. The payment provided for in section 4 or in section 5 shall be made to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy in two instalments during the year in respect of which it is due.
The first instalment must be received by the Minister before 31 March.
For the municipalities referred to in section 4, the amount of the first instalment is the amount appearing in Division III of the schedule.
For the municipalities referred to in section 5, the amount of the first instalment shall be equal to one-third of the amount calculated under the first paragraph of that section.
1997, c. 92, s. 9; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2000, c. 54, s. 95; 2003, c. 19, s. 250; 2005, c. 28, s. 196; 2009, c. 26, s. 109.