7. The permanent coroners shall be appointed in accordance with the Civil Service Act (chapter F-3.1); the others shall be appointed by order in council and remunerated in fees, as the Gouvernement may determine.
A deputy coroner shall be appointed in accordance with the Civil Service Act if the coroner for whom he acts is himself appointed in accordance with such act; in other cases, he shall be appointed by the Attorney-General and remunerated in fees.
Coroners appointed in accordance with the Civil Service Act shall, however, not be subject to the Act respecting the Civil Service Superannuation Plan (chapter R-12), and sections 100 to 106 and 108 of the Courts of Justice Act respecting judges of the sessions shall apply to them mutatis mutandis.
Coroners and deputy coroners who are remunerated in fees shall be so remunerated according to the tariff established for such purpose by the Gouvernement.
1966-67, c. 19, s. 7; 1978, c. 15, s. 140.