77. The chairman of the executive committee of the Communauté urbaine de Montréal or of the Communauté urbaine de Québec who, on 31 December 1988, was participating in the general retirement plan established under the Act respecting retirement plans for the mayors and councillors of municipalities (chapter R-16) shall participate in this plan from 1 January 1989. This Act applies, adapted as required, in respect of the chairman of the executive committee as if the Community were a municipality having adhered to the plan.
The chairman is deemed to be a member of the council of the municipality from which he resigned upon taking office as chairman of the executive committee for the purposes of Chapter VI as regards his years of service as a member of the council of that municipality.