70. The criminal and penal prosecuting attorney is deemed to be a person authorized to act in the name of the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions and is not required to prove such authorization.
Any other person authorized by the Attorney General or by the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions to act in his name and any person authorized to act on behalf of a person designated by virtue of an Act by the National Assembly or of a government department, public body or legal person is not required to prove such authorization unless the defendant contests the authorization and the judge is of opinion that proof thereof must be made.
1987, c. 96, a. 70; 1992, c. 61, s. 6; 2005, c. 34, s. 48.