10. The poll for the first general election of the members of the municipal council shall be held, in accordance with the Act respecting elections and referendums in municipalities (chapter E-2.2), on the first Sunday of November of the year in which the term of the municipal council composed of members appointed under section 8 expires.
Notwithstanding section 9, the term of the mayor and councillors appointed by the Government shall end on the swearing in of the members of the council elected at such general election; it shall extend, if need be, up to such swearing in.
R. S. 1964, c. 194, s. 10; 1987, c. 57, s. 821.