P-13 - Police Act

Section 64.4 Disposition versions

1997-01-01

64.4. Where an inquiry made under the Act respecting police organization (chapter O-8.1) finds that a municipality does not maintain adequate police services, the Minister of Public Security may require that corrective measures be taken within the time limit he fixes. Failing such measures or before the expiry of the time limit, the Minister may confer on the Sûreté du Québec responsibility for maintaining peace, order and public safety in the territory of the municipality, preventing crime and offences under the laws of Québec and seeking out offenders.

In determining whether a municipality maintains adequate police services, the Minister may consider the basic services, as defined by the regulation made under paragraph 11 of section 6.1 with regard to all the municipalities or the category to which the municipality belongs, as the case may be, that must be offered by that municipality and the special services that it may obtain.

A municipality that does not maintain adequate police services must, if the Minister directs the Police Force to act in its territory, pay to the Government, in accordance with the regulation made under paragraph 10 of section 6.1, the sum established according to that regulation.

1991, c. 32, s. 254; 1996, c. 73, s. 11.

1991-06-20

64.4. Where an inquiry made under the Act respecting police organization (chapter O-8.1) finds that a local municipality does not maintain adequate police services, the Minister of Public Security may require that corrective measures be taken within the time limit he fixes. Failing such measures or before the expiry of the time limit, the Minister may confer on the Sûreté du Québec responsibility for maintaining peace, order and public safety in the territory of the municipality, preventing crime and offences under the laws of Québec and seeking out offenders. He may also, with the consent of the municipality, confer the responsibility to act in its territory on the police force of another municipality which accepts such responsibility. In such case, the municipalities may enter into an agreement, a copy of which must be sent to the Minister, regarding the amount payable by the former to the latter.

In determining whether a local municipality maintains adequate police services, the Minister may consider the basic services, as defined by the regulation made under paragraph 11 of section 6.1 with regard to all the local municipalities or the category to which the municipality belongs, as the case may be, that must be offered by that municipality and the special services that it may obtain.

A municipality that does not maintain adequate police services must, if the Minister directs the Police Force or the police force of another municipality to act in its territory and no agreement has been entered into under the first paragraph, pay to the Government, in accordance with the regulation made under paragraph 10 of section 6.1, the sum established according to that regulation. Where applicable, the person in charge of collecting the sum shall pay to the other municipality an equivalent compensation.

1991, c. 32, s. 254.