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C-11 - Charter of the French language
Section 21
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21. Contracts entered into by the civil administration, including the related sub-contracts, shall be drawn up exclusively in the official language.
Loan contracts may nevertheless be drawn up both in French and in another language. The same applies to financial instruments and contracts whose object is the management of financial risks, including currency exchange or interest rate exchange agreements, contracts for the purchase or sale of options, and futures contracts.
The application of this section to English language school boards was suspended by a decision of the Superior Court of Québec until a final judgment, except for situations where a partner or a contracting party requires the use of the official language.
21. Contracts entered into by the civil administration, including the related sub-contracts, shall be drawn up in the official language. Such contracts and the related documents may be drawn up in another language when the civil administration enters into a contract with a party outside Québec.
