201. The decisions of the council are made on the basis of a majority of votes cast representing a majority of the total population of the municipalities whose territories form part of the territory of the regional county municipality.
However, any decision in respect of which only certain council members are qualified to take part in the deliberations and in the vote is made on the basis of a majority of votes cast representing a majority of the total population of the municipalities represented by those members.
For the purposes of the first two paragraphs, the sole representive of a municipality is awarded the entire population of the municipality; each representive of the same municipality is awarded an equal share of the population of that municipality.
1979, c. 51, s. 201; 1987, c. 102, s. 30; 1993, c. 65, s. 82; 1997, c. 93, s. 41.