36. When an inquiry has been made in accordance with the preceding sections, at the request of a municipality, the Commission, if it finds that the request was frivolous, may fix the amount of all the expenses incurred by the Commission respecting such inquiry and order that they be paid by the municipality; the order for such purpose shall be homologated on the motion of the Commission by the Court of Québec or, if the amount in issue is $3 000 or more, by the Superior Court; the Commission shall then execute the judgment against the municipality and shall transmit the moneys so recovered to the Minister of Finance who shall pay them into the consolidated revenue fund; the Commission shall have the requisite powers to act for such purposes in its own name.
1968, c. 17, s. 26; 1970, c. 12, s. 9; 1988, c. 21, s. 66.