16. The fees provided for in this Regulation shall be indexed 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, shall be 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 shall inform the public, through Part 1 of the Gazette officielle du Québec and by such other means as the Minister considers appropriate, of the indexing calculated under this section.