CCQ-1991 - Civil Code of Québec

Section 2841 Disposition versions

2014-05-01

2841. A document may be reproduced either by generating a copy in the same medium or in a medium that is based on the same technology, or by transferring the information contained in the document to a medium based on different technology.

Where it reproduces an original document or a technology-based document fulfilling the functions of an original as provided for in section 12 of the Act to establish a legal framework for information technology (chapter C-1.1), a copy, provided it is certified, or a document resulting from the transfer of information, provided it is documented, may legally stand in lieu of the reproduced document.

In the case of a document in the possession of the State, a legal person, a partnership or an association, certification is effected by a person in authority or the person responsible for conserving the document.

1991, c. 64, a. 2841; 2001, c. 32, s. 78; I.N. 2014-05-01.

2001-11-01

2841. A document may be reproduced either by generating a copy in the same medium or in a medium that is based on the same technology, or by transferring the information contained in the document to a medium based on different technology.

Where it reproduces an original document or a technology-based document fulfilling the functions of an original as provided for in section 12 of the Act to establish a legal framework for information technology (chapter C-1.1), a copy, provided it is certified, or a document resulting from the transfer of information, provided it is documented, may legally replace the reproduced document.

In the case of a document in the possession of the State, a legal person, a partnership or an association, certification is effected by a person in authority or the person responsible for document retention.

1991, c. 64, a. 2841; 2001, c. 32, s. 78.

1994-01-01

2841. In order for a reproduction to make the same proof of the content of a document as the original, it is necessary that it accurately reproduce the original, be an indelible picture of it and allow the place and date of reproduction to be determined.

It is also necessary that the reproduction of the original have been carried out before a person specially authorized by the legal person or by the Keeper of the Archives nationales du Québec.

1991, c. 64, a. 2841.