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I-10 - Forest Engineers Act

Section 10
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10. No person may take the title of forest engineer in Québec, or use any name, title or designation which may cause it to be understood that he is a forest engineer nor advertise himself as an expert or a professional in the matters within the competence of the forest engineer nor execute works within the competence of the forest engineer unless he be or become under the provisions of this Act a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs forestiers du Québec.
No person shall practise or exercise, in Québec, the profession of forest engineer within the meaning of section 2 unless he is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs forestiers du Québec or becomes a member under the provisions of this Act.
No one acts contrary to the provisions of this Act when, without assuming the title of Forest Engineer and without doing work required for purposes of inventory or forest management or any other works the execution whereof requires the knowledge of the sciences of engineering he carries out or causes to be carried out forest fire protection work or the work of laying out logging areas or of organizing lumbering therein, or exploration work required for that purpose, or other exploitation works from and including the felling of the trees.
Every person who contravenes this section is liable to the penalties provided in section 188 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26).
R. S. 1964, c. 264, s. 12; 1973, c. 62, s. 12; 1977, c. 5, s. 229; 1990, c. 4, s. 495.
10. No person may take the title of forest engineer in Québec, or use any name, title or designation which may cause it to be understood that he is a forest engineer nor advertise himself as an expert or a professional in the matters within the competence of the forest engineer nor execute works within the competence of the forest engineer unless he be or become under the provisions of this act a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs forestiers du Québec.
No person shall practise or exercise, in Québec, the profession of forest engineer within the meaning of section 2 unless he is a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs forestiers du Québec or becomes a member under the provisions of this act.
No one acts contrary to the provisions of this act when, without assuming the title of Forest Engineer and without doing work required for purposes of inventory or forest management or any other works the execution whereof requires the knowledge of the sciences of engineering he carries out or causes to be carried out forest fire protection work or the work of laying out logging areas or of organizing lumbering therein, or exploration work required for that purpose, or other exploitation works from and including the felling of the trees.
Every person who contravenes this section is liable, on summary proceeding, to the penalties provided in section 188 of the Professional Code.
R. S. 1964, c. 264, s. 12; 1973, c. 62, s. 12; 1977, c. 5, s. 229.
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