36. The Government may, by order, constitute the inhabitants and ratepayers of an unorganized territory into a local municipality.
Except in special circumstances, the Government shall not exercise such power in respect of an unorganized territory having a population of less than 300 inhabitants on the day of receipt by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy of the application for the constitution of a local municipality.
1988, c. 19, s. 36; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2003, c. 19, s. 250; 2005, c. 28, s. 196; 2009, c. 26, s. 109.