Acts and Regulations

M-22 - Municipalities Act

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Plebiscite for proposed name change
68.1(1)A council of a municipality may order a plebiscite on the matter of a proposed change of name of the municipality.
68.1(2)A plebiscite referred to in subsection (1) shall be held in accordance with subsection 68(2).
68.1(3)When sixty per cent of those who vote in a plebiscite under this section do so in the affirmative, the council shall forthwith recommend to the Minister that the name of the municipality be changed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
68.1(4)Notwithstanding any other Act, upon the recommendation of the Minister, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may by order change the name of the municipality making the recommendation.
1983, c.56, s.7