C-6 - White Cane Act

Section 1 Disposition versions

1977-12-31

1. A blind person within the meaning of this act is a person who

(a)  is registered as blind with a body recognized for such purpose by the Gouvernement;

(b)  is in receipt of an allowance under the Blind Persons Allowances Act (chapter 59 of the statutes of 1965 (1st session)); or

(c)  is the holder of a certificate issued by a physician who holds a specialist’s certificate in ophthalmology issued by the Ordre des médecins du Québec or by an optometrist within the meaning of the Optometry Act (chapter O-7) attesting that the visual acuity of each of his eyes with proper refractive lenses is 20/200 (6/60) or less with Snellen Chart or equivalent, or that the field of vision of each of his eyes, determined by means of a tangent screen at a distance of one meter using a 10 millimeter white test object or by means of a perimeter at a distance of one-third of a meter using a 3 millimeter white test object, is of a diameter less than 20 degrees.

1968, c. 61, s. 1; 1973, c. 46, s. 43; 1973, c. 52, s. 31; 1977, c. 5, s. 229.