16. The Public Curator may appear before the courts.
He may, for the purposes of Book VIII of the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25), whether as plaintiff or defendant, appear before the court himself or be represented before it by a member of his staff or by any other person he authorizes in writing, except a lawyer or a claims agent.
1971, c. 81, s. 16; 1974, c. 71, s. 9.