17. The Director General of the Direction générale du patrimoine is authorized to sign:(1) deeds, documents and writings listed in paragraphs 1 to 4 of section 5;
(2) construction contracts;
(3) contracts for renting immovables, in the capacity of lessor;
(4) purchase contracts for movable cultural property;
(5) certified extracts from the register of cultural property referred to in section 13 of the Cultural Property Act (c. B-4);
(6) notices of recognition and notices of entry referred to in section 16 of the Cultural Property Act;
(7) requests for advice to the Commission des biens culturels referred to in sections 15, 17, 24, 31, 32, 34, 35, 42, 45, 47.1, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 98 and 101 of the Cultural Property Act;
(8) authorizations, approvals, notices, decisions, declarations, notifications, amendments, revocations, permits and permissions referred to in sections 17, 31, 31.2, 32, 35, 48, 49, 50, 50.2, 57.2, 99 and 101 of the Cultural Property Act;
(9) notices, decisions or requests of the Minister of Culture and Communications provided for in the Regulation respecting the reduction of the value entered on the valuation roll for classified immovable cultural property (c. B-4, r. 3);
(10) requests for advice to the municipality in the territory in which all or part of a protected area is located under section 130 of the Cultural Property Act;
(11) letters from the Minister of Culture and Communications by which she indicates that she has no intention of acquiring cultural property or a document under section 22 of the Cultural Property Act.