717. The Bureau of the Ordre des arpenteurs-géomètres du Québec, the Bureau of the Chambre des notaires du Québec and the General Council of the Barreau du Québec may, by regulation or by-law approved by the Government, oblige the members of their professional corporation, in accordance with the conditions and modalities provided therein, to take training courses bearing on all or part of the reform of the Civil Code of Québec.
The regulation or by-law must provide for the conditions and modalities allowing a member to be exempted temporarily or permanently from this requirement and, where applicable, the fees relating to the courses.
The regulation or by-law may be adopted only if the secretary of the professional corporation has transmitted a draft thereof to all the members 30 days or more before its adoption.
The draft regulation or by-law is not subject to the requirement for publication contained in section 8 of the Regulations Act (chapter R-18.1).