399. The petition shall set forth, in a clear and precise manner, the reasons alleged in support of the application, and shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the by-law impugned, if such copy could be obtained.
If no such copy could be obtained, the court or the judge of the Court of Québec, upon application to that effect, shall order the production thereof by the clerk of the council, and the clerk shall for such purposes be deemed to be an officer of the court giving such order or to which the judge of the Court of Québec giving the order belongs.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 413; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1988, c. 21, s. 66.