c-11, r. 10 - Regulation to authorize professional orders to make an exception to the application of section 35 of the Charter of the French language

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chapter C-11, r. 10

Regulation to authorize professional orders to make an exception to the application of section 35 of the Charter of the French language

Charter of the French language

(chapter C-11, s. 97).

1. A professional order referred to in Schedule I to the Professional Code (chapter C-26), or that is constituted in accordance with the Code, is authorized to make an exception to the application of section 35 of the Charter of the French language (chapter C-11), in respect of a person who resides or has resided on a reserve, in a settlement in which a native community lives or on Category I and Category I-N lands within the meaning of the Act respecting the land regime in the James Bay and New Québec territories (chapter R-13.1), provided that

(1)  the person declares under oath to the Bureau of the professional order that he resides or has resided on a reserve, in a settlement in which a native community lives or on Category I and Category I-N lands; and

(2)  the person, despite the fact that he does not have knowledge of the French language appropriate to the practice of his profession, fulfils all the other terms and conditions for the issue of a permit provided for in the Professional Code and, where applicable, in the Act constituting the professional order.

O.C. 1374-93, s. 1.

2. Where a person fulfils the conditions provided for in section 1, the Bureau of the professional order shall issue a permit to that person authorizing him to practise the profession or to use the title, as the case may be, only on a reserve, in a settlement in which a native community lives or on Category I and Category I-N lands.

O.C. 1374-93, s. 2.

3. (Omitted).

O.C. 1374-93, s. 3.

REFERENCES

O.C. 1374-93, 1993 G.O. 2, 5532

S.Q. 1994, c. 40, s. 457