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C-10 - Act respecting the change of name and of other particulars of civil status
Section 1
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1. In this division, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the following terms mean:
(a) “name” : the given names and the family name or surname;
(b) “change of name” : any change in the name of a physical person by alteration, substitution, addition or abandonment.
1. In this act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the following terms mean:
(a) “name” : the given names and the family name or surname;
(b) “change of name” : any change in the name of a physical person by alteration, substitution, addition or abandonment.
A change made under the provisions of the Civil Code respecting the rectification of acts and registers of civil status, the filiation of legitimate and natural children, or under the provisions of the Adoption Act (chapter A-7), is not a change of name within the meaning of this act.
