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Municipal Aid Prohibition Act

A municipality must not directly or indirectly assist an industrial or commercial establishment except as provided in the Act respecting municipal industrial immovables.

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commercial establishmentsindustrial establishmentsmunicipal assistancetax exemptions
Jurisdiction
Canada — Quebec
Structure
4 provisions
Dates
Source version 10 Jun 2026
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“A municipality must not directly or indirectly assist an industrial or commercial establishment except as provided in the Act respecting municipal industrial immovables.”

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Section 1

A municipality must not directly or indirectly assist an industrial or commercial establishment except as provided in the Act respecting municipal industrial immovables.

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Section 2

A ratepayer, an interested person, or the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy may bring an action to quash a municipal by-law or resolution that contravenes section 1.

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Section 3

Section 3 states that it ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987.

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This provision repeals chapter 176 of the Revised Statutes, 1964, and says the repeal takes effect when chapter I-15 of the Revised Statutes comes into force.

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Source record from www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca · Source version 10 Jun 2026

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Provision 3Repeal
§ 1Section 1Provision

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A municipality must not directly or indirectly assist an industrial or commercial establishment except as provided in the Act respecting municipal industrial immovables.

1. Notwithstanding any contrary or incompatible provision in any general or special Act, no municipality shall, directly or indirectly, assist any industrial or commercial establishment, otherwise than in the manner provided in the Act respecting municipal industrial immovables (chapter I-0.1), or, without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing words, grant assistance, more particularly in any of the following ways, to wit: (1) by taking or subscribing for shares in any business corporation created for such object; (2) by giving or lending money or other security, or in giving the use or ownership of any immovable; (3) by guaranteeing, by endorsement or otherwise, any sum of money borrowed; (4) by granting any exemption from taxation to any industrial or commercial establishment. R. S. 1964, c. 176, s. 1; 1996, c. 2, s. 730; 2006, c. 60, s. 99; 2009, c. 52, s. 714.
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§ 2Section 2Provision

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A ratepayer, an interested person, or the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy may bring an action to quash a municipal by-law or resolution that contravenes section 1.

2. An action to quash a by-law or resolution, passed by any municipal council contrary to the prohibition contained in section 1, may be instituted against the municipality by a ratepayer, by any interested person or by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy. R. S. 1964, c. 176, s. 2; 1999, c. 43, s. 13; 2003, c. 19, s. 250; 2005, c. 28, s. 196; 2009, c. 26, s. 109.
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§ 3Section 3Provision

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Section 3 states that it ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987.

3. (This section ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987). 1982, c. 21, s. 1; U. K., 1982, c. 11, Sch. B, Part I, s. 33.
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§ —ScheduleRepeal

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This provision repeals chapter 176 of the Revised Statutes, 1964, and says the repeal takes effect when chapter I-15 of the Revised Statutes comes into force.

In accordance with section 17 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes (chapter R-3), chapter 176 of the Revised Statutes, 1964, in force on 31 December 1977, is repealed effective from the coming into force of chapter I-15 of the Revised Statutes.
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