3. The population of a municipality shall be such number of inhabitants in its territory as is established by order of the Government based on the estimate of the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
The order comes into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date indicated therein.
1978, c. 87, s. 3; 1996, c. 2, s. 1021; 1998, c. 44, s. 54.