C-25 - Code of Civil Procedure

Section 61 Disposition versions

1994-01-01

61. No one is required to be represented by attorney before the courts, except:

(a)  legal persons;

(b)  the Public Curator;

(c)  trustees, guardians, liquidators, receivers and other representatives of collective interests, when they act in that capacity;

(d)  collection agents and purchasers of accounts, concerning the accounts which they are charged with recovering or which they have purchased;

(e)  general or limited partnerships and associations within the meaning of the Civil Code, unless all the partners or members act themselves or mandate one of their number to act;

(f)  persons acting on behalf of others under article 59.

Nevertheless, the claim of a legal person, general or limited partnership or association within the meaning of the Civil Code, to participate in a distribution of funds derived from the sale of the property of a debtor or from the seizure or voluntary deposit of his salary, wages or earnings, may be made by any attorney under a general or special power.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 61; 1966, c. 21, s. 4; 1992, c. 57, s. 192.

1977-12-31

61. No one is required to be represented by attorney before the courts, except:

(a)  corporations;

(b)  the public curator;

(c)  trustees, guardians, liquidators, receivers and other representatives of collective interests, when they act in that capacity;

(d)  collection agents and purchasers of accounts, concerning the accounts which they are charged with recovering or which they have purchased;

(e)  any group contemplated by article 60;

(f)  persons acting on behalf of others under article 59.

Nevertheless, the claim of a corporation, a partnership or a group contemplated by article 60, to participate in a distribution of funds derived from the sale of the property of a debtor or from the seizure or voluntary deposit of his salary, wages or earnings, may be made by any attorney under a general or special power.

1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 61; 1966, c. 21, s. 4.