P-13 - Police Act

Section 65 Disposition versions

1990-09-01

65. Every municipality contemplated in section 64 may make by-laws to:

(a)  provide for the organization, equipment and maintenance of a police force and the discipline of its members;

(b)  prescribe the duties and powers of the members of such force and prescribe the penalties applicable in case of infringement of the by-laws respecting discipline;

(c)  provide for the imposition of penalties, including dismissal or fine, upon any member of the police force who accepts or demands, directly or indirectly, any sum of money, favour or alcoholic beverage as consideration for the exercise of influence or for an act or omission in the discharge of his duties;

(d)  determine the places where the members of the police force may reside, classify them, specify the ranks that may be assigned to them and prescribe the inspections to which they shall be subject.

The by-laws apply subject to the other provisions of this Act, the Act respecting police organization (chapter O-8.1) and the government regulations thereunder.

The clerk or the secretary-treasurer of any municipality which has passed a by-law dealing with any subject contemplated in this section must send a copy thereof to the Minister of Public Security within 15 days following its coming into force.

1968, c. 17, s. 53; 1969, c. 22, s. 13; 1988, c. 75, s. 228.

1977-12-31

65. Every municipality contemplated in section 64 may make by-laws to:

(a)  provide for the organization, equipment and maintenance of a police force and the discipline of its members;

(b)  prescribe the duties and powers of the members of such force and prescribe the penalties applicable in case of infringement of the by-laws respecting discipline;

(c)  provide for the imposition of penalties, including dismissal or fine, upon any member of the police force who accepts or demands, directly or indirectly, any sum of money, favour or alcoholic beverage as consideration for the exercise of influence or for an act or omission in the discharge of his duties;

(d)  determine the places where the members of the police force may reside, classify them, specify the ranks that may be assigned to them and prescribe the inspections to which they shall be subject.

Such by-laws shall apply subject to the other provisions of this act and to the by-laws of the Commission made under section 18.

The clerk or the secretary-treasurer of any municipality which has passed a by-law dealing with any subject contemplated in this section must send a copy thereof to the Commission within fifteen days following its coming into force.

1968, c. 17, s. 53; 1969, c. 22, s. 13.