492. The children of persons professing the Jewish religion shall have the same right to be educated in the public schools of Québec as Protestant children, and shall be treated in the same manner as Protestants for all school purposes.
No pupil of the Jewish religion shall, however, be compelled to read or study any religious or devotional books or to take part in any religious exercises or devotions to which the father or the mother or tutor or person having the care or maintenance of such pupil, shall object.
R. S. 1964, c. 235, s. 579; 1977, c. 72, s. 9.