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Section 52
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52. (Repealed).
1972, c. 42, s. 44; 1983, c. 41, s. 203; 1985, c. 29, s. 21; 1991, c. 44, s. 12; 2016, c. 12016, c. 1, s. 128.
52. Nobody other than a funeral director may make arrangements for the transportation into Québec of the body of a person who died outside Québec or for the transportation of a body out of Québec.
A dead body is transported into Québec in accordance with the conditions fixed by regulation and, where required by the Act respecting the determination of the causes and circumstances of death (chapter R-0.2), with the authorization of the coroner.
A dead body is transported out of Québec in accordance with the conditions fixed by regulation and after authorization by a coroner.
52. A dead body is transported into Québec in accordance with the conditions fixed by regulation and after authorization by a coroner or an assistant coroner.
A dead body is transported out of Québec in accordance with the conditions fixed by regulation and after authorization by a coroner.
52. A deceased person shall be transported into or out of Québec only after the issue of a special authorization by the Minister or any other person authorized by him and on the conditions fixed by regulation.
Such special authorization is issued upon the handing over by a funeral director:
(1) of a copy of the declaration of death or the equivalent;
(2) of a notice indicating the place of destination of the deceased person.
If the transport must be made out of Québec, the funeral director must hand over a certificate signed by him attesting that the body has been embalmed.
The Minister shall issue a special authorization under this section if he is of opinion that such issue is not contrary to the interest of public health.
