P-13.1, r. 2 - Regulation respecting the discipline of members of the Sûreté du Québec

Section 16 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

16. A member must perform his duties in a disinterested and impartial manner.

The following in particular constitute breaches of discipline:

(a)  accepting, soliciting or demanding, directly or indirectly, a gift, reward, commission, discount, loan, discharge of debt, favour or any other benefit or consideration of a nature to compromise his impartiality in the performance of his duties;

(b)  paying, offering to pay or agreeing to offer a benefit, rebate or commission to a person of a nature to compromise the impartiality of such person in the performance of his duties;

(c)  paying, offering to pay or agreeing to offer a benefit, rebate or commission to a person, whether a member of the Sûreté or not, in order that he may intercede in his favour to obtain a promotion, a transfer of any change in his status as member of the Sûreté;

(d)  using for personal ends, or for the purpose of obtaining a benefit or a profit, information obtained while performing his duties or as a result of his position in the Sûreté;

(e)  recommending to a person who has been charged or with whom the member has been in contact in performing his duties the services of a particular attorney;

(f)  becoming surety in a case under the jurisdiction of a court of penal jurisdiction, except where warranted by family relations with the person charged;

(g)  signing a letter of recommendation or other certificate knowing it to be false or inaccurate.

O.C. 467-87, s. 16.