1. In this act, the following words mean:(a) “Minister” : the Minister of Municipal Affairs;
(b) “Commission” : the Commission municipale du Québec;
(c) “property owner” : a person entered on the valuation roll in force as property owner of a taxable immoveable and, in the case of a physical person, of full age and a Canadian citizen;
(d) “tenant” : a person entered as such, on the electoral list in the case of cities and towns, and on the assessment roll in the case of municipalities governed by the Municipal Code;
(e) “joint petition” : a petition for amalgamation presented in accordance with section 3 or section 4 praying the Government to issue letters patent to amalgamate municipalities into a new town or country municipality.