CCQ, r. 4 - Regulation respecting change of name and of other particulars of civil status and substitution of the usual given name

Section 23.1 Disposition versions

2016-06-10

23.1. If an applicant’s affidavit required under section 1 is in support of an application made by a person 14 years of age or over for a change of the designation of sex that appears in the person’s act of birth, the affidavit must also attest that

(1)  the designation of sex requested is the designation that best corresponds to the applicant’s gender identity;

(2)  the applicant assumes and intends to continue to assume that gender identity;

(3)  the applicant understands the seriousness of the undertaking; and

(4)  the applicant’s undertaking is voluntary and his or her consent is given in a free and enlightened manner.

If a tutor’s affidavit is in support of an application made by the tutor for a minor child, the affidavit must also attest that

(1)  the designation of sex requested for the minor child is the designation that best corresponds to the child’s gender identity;

(2)  the minor child assumes that gender identity;

(3)  the tutor understands the seriousness of the minor child’s undertaking; and

(4)  the tutor’s undertaking for the minor child is voluntary and his or her consent is given in a free and enlightened manner.

O.C. 781-2015, s. 1; S.Q. 2016, c. 19, s. 18.

2015-10-01

23.1. If an applicant’s affidavit required under section 1 is in support of an application for a change of the designation of sex that appears in the person’s act of birth, the affidavit must also attest that

(1)  the designation of sex requested is the designation that best corresponds to the applicant’s sexual identity;

(2)  the applicant assumes and intends to continue to assume that sexual identity;

(3)  the applicant understands the seriousness of the undertaking; and

(4)  the applicant’s undertaking is voluntary and his or her consent is given in a free and enlightened manner.

O.C. 781-2015, s. 1.