3. An organization for the supervision and control of the public services defined in section 2 is hereby instituted under the name of “Régie des services publics”.
It shall be composed of nine controllers, including a president and two vice-presidents, appointed by the Government for a fixed period not to exceed ten years. The Government shall also fix their salaries. Nevertheless, once their term of office and the amount of their salaries are fixed, they shall not be reduced. They shall remain in office upon expiry of their term until reappointed or replaced.
The president and vice-presidents shall be chosen from among the judges of the sessions or of the Provincial Court or the members of the Barreau du Québec.
The Board shall not be dissolved by reason of a vacancy among the controllers.
Notwithstanding the second paragraph, the Government may, if it considers that the dispatch of the business of the Board so requires, appoint, for such time and with such remuneration as it fixes, four additional controllers who shall have the powers of controllers appointed under the second paragraph.
R. S. 1964, c. 229, s. 3; 1972, c. 56, s. 2; 1977, c. 5, s. 14, s. 229.