19. The fees provided for in sections 14 and 16 are adjusted on 1 April each year on the basis of the rate of increase in the general Consumer Price Index for Canada for the 12-month period ending on 31 December of the preceding year, as determined by Statistics Canada.
The fees, thus indexed, are reduced to the nearest dollar where they contain a fraction of a dollar less than $0.50 or increased to the nearest dollar where they contain a fraction of a dollar equal to or greater than $0.50.
The Minister of Justice is to inform the public, through Part 1 of the Gazette officielle du Québec and by such other means as the Minister considers appropriate, of the adjustment calculated under this section.
1598-2023O.C. 1598-2023, s. 19.