V-8 - Roads Act

Section 52 Disposition versions

1977-12-31

52. (1)  The Minister of Transport may agree to maintain and repair entirely at the expense of Québec, in whole or in part, the improved roads mentioned in the by-law or resolution. He may, in the case of a city or town corporation, determine the conditions to be fulfilled by the corporation.

(2)  When the Minister of Transport, in the case of a city or town corporation of a population of over five thousand, imposes conditions and requires the payment of a contribution, the arrangements made between the Minister of Transport and the corporation shall be set forth in a contract signed by the representatives of the corporation designated in the by-law or resolution and by the Minister of Transport, or the Deputy Minister of Transport, or the General Superintendent of Maintenance and Repair of Roads.

(3)  Contracts signed up to April 1st, 1927, by the Minister of Transport and municipal corporations, other than city or town corporations whose population exceeds five thousand, shall oblige the Minister of Transport to have the necessary work done for the maintenance and repair of the roads therein described, at the expense of Québec; but such corporations shall be discharged from the obligation of paying the annual contribution stipulated in such contracts for the year 1927 and subsequent years.

(4)  The Minister of Transport may, by a notice published by him in the Gazette officielle du Québec, cease to maintain and repair a road improved at the expense of Québec.

R. S. 1964, c. 133, s. 59; 1972, c. 54, s. 32.