C-11, r. 1 - Regulation respecting the signs and posters of the civil administration

Updated to 1 September 2012

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chapter C-11, r. 1

Regulation respecting the signs and posters of the civil administration

Charter of the French language

(chapter C-11, s. 22).

1. Along any public highway within the meaning of section 4 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2) that is used by visitors to enter or leave Québec, the signs and posters of the civil administration that are intended for visitors may be both in French and in another language up to a distance of 15 km from the point of entry into Québec, provided that French is markedly predominant within the meaning of the regulation defining the scope of that expression for the purposes of the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11).

O.C. 1756-93, s. 1.

2. Subject to section 3, the signs and posters of the civil administration concerning activities similar to those of business firms may be both in French and in another language, provided that French is markedly predominant within the meaning of the regulation defining the scope of that expression for the purposes of the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11), unless

(1)  the signs and posters are billboards or signs of any other type having an area of 16 m2 or more and visible from any public highway within the meaning of section 4 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2); or

(2)  the signs and posters are displayed in or on any public means of transportation, in the accesses thereto or in bus shelters.

O.C. 1756-93, s. 2.

3. The signs and posters of a museum, a botanical garden, a zoo, a cultural or scientific exhibition, a place used to greet or inform tourists or any other tourist attraction may, on the premises thereof, be both in French and in another language, provided that French appears at least as prominently.

O.C. 1756-93, s. 3.

4. (Omitted).

O.C. 1756-93, s. 4.

REFERENCES

O.C. 1756-93, 1993 G.O. 2, 6914