I-6, r. 1 - Regulation respecting the application and notice of election to claim benefits by a crime victim

Updated to 1 September 2012

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chapter I-6, r. 1

Regulation respecting the application and notice of election to claim benefits by a crime victim

Crime Victims Compensation Act

(chapter I-6, s. 11).

1. The application of a presumed victim of a criminal offence, to benefit from the provisions of the Crime Victims Compensation Act (chapter I-6) must give, in support of the claim:

(a)  the name and address of the victim or of the claimant and that person’s social insurance number;

(b)  the date, the hour, the place of the crime and the description of the attendant circumstances;

(c)  the name and address of the witnesses;

(d)  the name of the hospital centre where the victim was admitted and treated, as well as the name and address of the attending physician;

(e)  the nature of the injuries;

(f)  in case of death, the date, the name and address of the dependents and their degree of relation to the victim;

(g)  the name of the police force that carried out the investigation, if known by the victim or the claimant.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. I-6, r. 1, s. 1.

2. The notice of election concomitant with the application must indicate:

(a)  the name and address of the person presumed responsible for the crime, called the third party;

(b)  any amount received from the third party;

(c)  the name and address of the witness, in the presence of whom the victim or the claimant has signed.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. I-6, r. 1, s. 2.

3. The application and notice of election must be drawn up in the mother tongue of the victim if it is French or English; otherwise, in whichever of such languages the victim chooses.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. I-6, r. 1, s. 3.

REFERENCES

R.R.Q., 1981, c. I-6, r. 1