Acts and Regulations

M-22 - Municipalities Act

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Evidence
107(1)A copy of a resolution of a council or of a by-law certified by the clerk to have been compared by him with the original and to be a true copy thereof is, without proof of the official character or handwriting of the clerk, evidence in all courts of the passage and existence of such resolution or by-law.
107(2)When a certified copy of a resolution or by-law states the date on which the resolution was adopted or the by-law passed as shown by the original record thereof, it is evidence of the fact so stated.
107(3)Where a copy of a by-law certified in the manner prescribed by this section is filed with a judge of the Provincial Court it is for the purpose of all prosecutions before such judge or any deputy judge a public record of which judicial notice is to be taken.
107(4)When a judge of the Provincial Court takes judicial notice of a by-law pursuant to subsection (3) and the proceedings in which such notice is taken are the subject of an appeal or review of any kind, the judge shall include a copy of the by-law in any record transmitted by him to the court or judge before whom the appeal or review is pending.
1966, c.20, s.107; 2003, c.27, s.49