13.8. No deed, document or writing binds Bibliothèque et Archives nationales, or may be attributed to it, unless it is signed by the president and chief executive officer or, to the extent and on the conditions provided by by-law of the board, by another person authorized to do so.
The by-law may also, subject to the conditions it determines, allow a required signature to be affixed by means of an automatic device to the documents it determines, or a facsimile of a signature to be engraved, lithographed or printed on such documents. However, the facsimile has the same force as the signature itself only if the document is countersigned by a person authorized by the chair of the board.