20. The following persons shall not be nominated or elected members of the council, or be appointed to or hold a position as officer of the municipality:(1) the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Sports and Recreation, the Minister of the Environment, the members of the Commission municipale du Québec and those of the Société d’habitation du Québec;
(2) the members of the Privy Council;
(3) the judges or magistrates receiving emoluments from the federal or provincial government;
(4) any person who, directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner, is a party to a contract with the municipality, unless a document from the secretary-treasurer indicating the nature of the contract and the amounts of money involved is publicly posted in the office of the municipality at the time of his nomination, election or appointment and remains so posted at all times during his tenure of office, with all relevant additions or deletions. Acceptance of, or application for, municipal services available to ratepayers according to a fixed tariff is not considered to be a contract with the municipality.Nevertheless, a shareholder of any legally constituted company which has any contract or agreement with the municipality or which receives any grant or subsidy therefrom is not disqualified from acting as a member of the council; but he is deemed to be interested if any discussion arises before the council or a committee with reference to any mesure relating to such company, except where that company is the Makivik Corporation incorporated by section 2 of the Act respecting the Makivik Corporation (chapter S-18.1) or one of the local Inuit landholding corporations contemplated in the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec Territories (chapter R-13.1), or one of their subsidiaries, in which case he is only deemed to be interested if he is an officer or director of such corporation;
This subsection applies, with the necessary modifications, where a person, after being elected or appointed, becomes a party to a contract directly or indirectly, by himself or through his partner;
(5) whosoever has not paid all his municipal dues, with the exception of such amounts as remain to be paid owing to involuntary error or omission; nevertheless, the holder or occupant of a municipal office, whichever it be, shall not become disqualified to occupy it on account of not having, during his term of office, paid all his municipal dues within the time fixed by section 219 or 225, as the case may be, provided he pays them within 30 days of the expiry of such time;
(6) any person convicted of an act punishable under a law of the Parliament of Canada or of the National Assembly by imprisonment for one year or more. Such disqualification shall continue for three years after the term of imprisonment fixed by the sentence and, if only a fine was imposed or the sentence is suspended, for three years from the date of such condemnation, unless the person has obtained a pardon;
(7) any person convicted of an indictable offence punishable by imprisonment for five years or more after having previously been convicted of two indictable offences so punishable; such disqualification shall continue for 10 years after the term of imprisonment fixed by the sentence and, if only a fine is imposed or the sentence is suspended, for 10 years from the date of the conviction, unless the person has obtained a pardon for either of such indictable offences;
(8) where the office of member of the council is in question,(a) the officers of the Regional Government and of the municipalities in the territory;
(b) persons who are responsible for moneys belonging to the municipality,
(c) persons who are sureties for any officer of the municipality, or
(d) persons who receive any pecuniary allowance or other consideration from the municipality for their services, otherwise than under a legislative provision, except where a document of the secretary-treasurer indicating the origin and the amount of the payment is publicly posted in the office of the muncipality at the time of their nomination, election or appointment and remains so posted, with all additions or deletions, if any, at all times during their tenure of office.
This subsection applies, with the necessary modifications, where a person, after being elected or appointed, begins to receive a pecuniary allowance or other consideration.