174. No sheriff in the districts of Québec or Montréal shall, under the penalties aforesaid, act as a justice of the peace for the district wherein he is sheriff, while he holds such office; and every act so done by such sheriff, as a justice of the peace, shall be absolutely void.
No coroner in Québec shall, under the penalties aforesaid, act as a justice of the peace in cases arising out of facts which have been the subject of an investigation or an inquest held by him; and every act so done by such coroner shall be absolutely void.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 184; 1983, c. 41, s. 211.