8. Subject to the other provisions of this act, no deed, document or writing shall bind the department or be attributed to the Minister unless it is signed by him, by the Deputy Minister or by an officer and only, as regards the latter, to the extent determined by regulation of the Government published in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
The Government may, however, upon such conditions as it fixes, allow the required signature to be affixed by means of an automatic device to such documents as it determines.
The Government may also allow a facsimile of the required signature to be engraved, lithographed or printed on the debentures or other securities issued or guaranteed by Québec, on the coupons attached thereto and on any other document determined by the Government. In the case of such debentures, securities or coupons, the facsimile shall have the same validity as the signature itself; in the other cases, it shall have such validity only if the document is countersigned by a person authorized by the Minister.
1970, c. 17, s. 8; 1982, c. 58, s. 7.