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A-2.1 - Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information

Section 53
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53. Personal information is confidential, except in the following cases:
(1)  the person to whom the information relates consents to its disclosure;
(2)  where it relates to information obtained by a public body in the performance of an adjudicative function; the information remains confidential, however, if the body obtained it when holding a sitting in camera or if the information is contemplated by an order not to disclose, publish or distribute.
1982, c. 30, s. 53; 1985, c. 30, s. 3; 1989, c. 54, s. 150; 1990, c. 57, s. 11; 2006, c. 22, s. 29; 2021, c. 25, s. 8.
53. Personal information is confidential, except in the following cases:
(1)  the person to whom the information relates consents to its disclosure; in the case of a minor, consent may also be given by the person having parental authority;
(2)  where it relates to information obtained by a public body in the performance of an adjudicative function; the information remains confidential, however, if the body obtained it when holding a sitting in camera or if the information is contemplated by an order not to disclose, publish or distribute.
1982, c. 30, s. 53; 1985, c. 30, s. 3; 1989, c. 54, s. 150; 1990, c. 57, s. 11; 2006, c. 22, s. 29.
53. Nominative information is confidential, except in the following cases:
(1)  where its disclosure is authorized by the person concerned by the information; in the case of a minor, the authorization may also be given by the person having parental authority;
(2)  where it relates to information obtained in the performance of an adjudicative function by a public body performing quasi-judicial functions; the information remains confidential, however, if the body obtained it when holding a sitting in camera or if the information is contemplated by an order not to disclose, publish or distribute.
1982, c. 30, s. 53; 1985, c. 30, s. 3; 1989, c. 54, s. 150; 1990, c. 57, s. 11.
53. Nominative information is confidential unless the person the information concerns authorizes its disclosure or unless it deals with information obtained by a public body performing quasi-judicial functions in the performance of an adjudicative function.
In the case of a minor, the person having parental authority or the tutor also may authorize the disclosure.
1982, c. 30, s. 53; 1985, c. 30, s. 3; 1989, c. 54, s. 150.
53. Nominative information is confidential unless the person the information concerns authorizes its disclosure or unless it deals with information obtained by a public body performing quasi-judicial functions in the performance of an adjudicative function.
In the case of a minor, the person having parental authority also may authorize the disclosure.
1982, c. 30, s. 53; 1985, c. 30, s. 3.
53. Nominative information is confidential unless the person the information concerns authorizes its disclosure.
In the case of a minor, the person having parental authority also may authorize the disclosure.
1982, c. 30, s. 53.
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