D-11.1 - Act to facilitate the disclosure of wrongdoings relating to public bodies

Section 4 Disposition versions

2024-11-30

4. For the purposes of this Act, any act that constitutes or consists in, as the case may be,

(1)  a contravention of a Québec law, of a federal law applicable in Québec or of a regulation made under such a law,

(2)  a serious breach of the standards of ethics and professional conduct,

(3)  a misuse of funds or property belonging to a public body, including the funds or property it manages or holds for others,

(4)  gross mismanagement within a public body, including an abuse of authority,

(5)  any act or omission that seriously compromises or may seriously compromise a person’s health or safety or the environment, or

(6)  directing or counselling a person to commit a wrongdoing described in any of paragraphs 1 to 5,

is considered a wrongdoing.

A wrongdoing can be committed or about to be committed by, in particular, a member of the personnel, a shareholder or a director of a public body in the exercise of his or her functions, or by any other person, partnership, group or other entity in the course of the tendering or awarding process for, or the performance of, a contract of a public body, including a grant of financial assistance.

2016, c. 34, s. 4; 2024, c. 21, s. 13.

2017-05-01

4. For the purposes of this Act, any act that constitutes or consists in, as the case may be,

(1)  a contravention of a Québec law, of a federal law applicable in Québec or of a regulation made under such a law,

(2)  a serious breach of the standards of ethics and professional conduct,

(3)  a misuse of funds or property belonging to a public body, including the funds or property it manages or holds for others,

(4)  gross mismanagement within a public body, including an abuse of authority,

(5)  any act or omission that seriously compromises or may seriously compromise a person’s health or safety or the environment, or

(6)  directing or counselling a person to commit a wrongdoing described in any of paragraphs 1 to 5,

is considered a wrongdoing.

2016, c. 34, s. 4.

Not in force

In force: 2017-05-01

4. For the purposes of this Act, any act that constitutes or consists in, as the case may be,

(1)  a contravention of a Québec law, of a federal law applicable in Québec or of a regulation made under such a law,

(2)  a serious breach of the standards of ethics and professional conduct,

(3)  a misuse of funds or property belonging to a public body, including the funds or property it manages or holds for others,

(4)  gross mismanagement within a public body, including an abuse of authority,

(5)  any act or omission that seriously compromises or may seriously compromise a person’s health or safety or the environment, or

(6)  directing or counselling a person to commit a wrongdoing described in any of paragraphs 1 to 5,

is considered a wrongdoing.

2016, c. 34, s. 4.