609. The Government shall fix, by order, the scales of the remuneration to be paid to municipal judges and deputy municipal judges according as the office is held on a full-time or part-time basis. It may, in the same manner, establish other conditions of employment applicable to municipal judges and their social benefits.
The remuneration, conditions of employment and social benefits shall be paid by or provided at the expense of the municipality and cannot be reduced.
Every order made pursuant to this section comes into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date fixed therein.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 646; 1968, c. 55, s. 154; 1988, c. 74, s. 3.