424. In the statutes and statutory instruments, any reference to a provision of the former Code is a reference to the corresponding provision of the new Code. In particular,(1) any reference to article 981o of the Civil Code of Lower Canada is a reference to the equivalent provision concerning presumed sound investments in the Civil Code of Québec;
(2) any reference to articles 1203 to 1245 of the Civil Code of Lower Canada is a reference to the corresponding provision of the Book on Evidence of the Civil Code of Québec;
(3) any reference to articles 1650 to 1665.6 of the Civil Code of Lower Canada is a reference to the corresponding provision of the rules governing the lease of a dwelling in the Book on Obligations of the Civil Code of Québec.