P-13.1 - Police Act

Section 71 Disposition versions

2001-06-21

71. Local municipalities forming part of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal, the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec or a census metropolitan area described in Schedule E shall be served by a municipal police force as follows :

(1)  they establish their own police forces by means of a by-law approved by the Minister ; or

(2)  they share the services of a single police force, either two or more entrusting the establishment and management of a shared police force to an intermunicipal board, or one municipality making all the services of its own police force available to another municipality.

Each police force established pursuant to the first paragraph must provide level 2 services or services corresponding to a higher level, according to the population to be served.

However, the local municipalities forming part of the regional county municipalities of La Côte-de-Beaupré, La Jacques-Cartier, L’Île-d’Orléans and Vaudreuil-Soulanges shall be served by the Sûreté du Québec.

The Minister may authorize a municipality to be served by the Sûreté du Québec, on such conditions as are determined by the Minister.

The services of the Sûreté du Québec shall be provided, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in section 76, pursuant to agreements entered into by the Minister and the regional county municipality that includes the municipalities concerned or, where warranted by special circumstances, directly with the local municipality.

2000, c. 12, s. 71; 2001, c. 19, s. 3.

2000-06-16

71. Local municipalities having a population of 5,000 inhabitants or more may

(1)  establish their own police forces by way of a by-law approved by the Minister; or

(2)  share the services of a police force with other municipalities pursuant to intermunicipal agreements entered into in accordance with the Acts governing the municipalities.

The Minister may, on the conditions determined by the Minister, authorize a municipality having a population of 5,000 inhabitants or more to be served by the Sûreté du Québec subject to the same conditions as municipalities having a population under 5,000 inhabitants.

Municipalities and territories where police services are provided by the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or the Kativik Regional Government, and Native communities, Cree villages and the Naskapi Village provided with police services, are not subject to the provisions of the first paragraph.

2000, c. 12, s. 71.