14. No deed, contract or writing shall be binding upon the department, nor may it be ascribed to the Minister, unless signed by him, by the Deputy Minister or by another officer specially authorized by the Minister to sign such deed, contract or writing.
The Gouvernement may, however, on conditions fixed by it, allow the required signature to be affixed by means of an automatic device to those documents it determines.
The Gouvernement may also allow a facsimile of the required signature to be engraved, lithographed or printed on those documents it determines. In that case, the facsimile has the same value as the signature itself if the document is countersigned by a person authorized by the Minister.
1968, c. 43, s. 14; 1978, c. 18, s. 10.