40.2.Despite subsection 5 of section 40, the council of the municipality may, by by-law, provide that it is to pay a transition allowance to a person who ceases to hold office as mayor after having held office during not less than 24 months immediately preceding the end of the person’s term. To that end, the last four paragraphs of section 31 of the Act respecting the remuneration of elected municipal officers (chapter T-11.001) apply, with the necessary modifications. However, despite the fourth paragraph of that section, the remuneration does not, for the purpose of setting the amount of the transition allowance, include any remuneration paid to its members by the Kativik Regional Government or one of its mandatary bodies.