T-7 - Act respecting lands of religious congregations

Section 17 Disposition versions

1999-10-22

17. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Act and of the Act respecting the constitution of certain Churches (chapter C-63) and any other law to the contrary, any parish, mission, congregation or society of Christians lawfully organized, or simply recognized by the competent authority of the religious denomination to which they belong, may, in conformity with the ordinary provisions of the law, obtain, by expropriation, the land necessary for the establishment or enlargement of a church, of a sacristy, of a rectory or of a cemetery for the burial of its deceased members; and every cemetery company lawfully constituted may likewise obtain by expropriation the land necessary for establishing or enlarging its cemetery.

R. S. 1964, c. 306, s. 17; 1999, c. 40, s. 315.

1977-12-31

17. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Act and of the Church Incorporation Act (chapter C-63) and any other law to the contrary, any parish, mission, congregation or society of Christians lawfully organized, or simply recognized by the competent authority of the religious denomination to which they belong, may, in conformity with the ordinary provisions of the law, obtain, by expropriation, the land necessary for the establishment or enlargement of a church, of a sacristy, of a rectory or of a cemetery for the burial of its deceased members; and every cemetery company lawfully incorporated may likewise obtain by expropriation the land necessary for establishing or enlarging its cemetery.

R. S. 1964, c. 306, s. 17.