171.3. The owner of private land on which a wildlife habitat demarcated on a chart prepared by the Minister is situated cannot be convicted of an offence under section 128.6 or for contravention of a standard or condition of wildlife habitat management prescribed by regulation unless he had prior notification of the existence of the habitat.
The Minister may, in respect of private land, register, in accordance with the prescriptions of article 2168 of the Civil Code of Lower Canada, a declaration to the effect that a wildlife habitat is situated on that land. Registration shall be made by deposit at the registry office of the registration division in which the land is situated and shall be in lieu of a notice of the existence of a wildlife habitat on that land with regard to any person who becomes the owner thereof after the registration.