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M-19 - Act respecting the Ministère de la Justice
Section 4
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4. The Attorney General:
(a) is the keeper of the Great Seal and establishes and authorizes all the instruments issued under the Great Seal;
(b) is charged, subject to any express legislative provisions to the contrary, with the settlement and conduct, under the designation of “the Attorney General of Québec”, of all litigation for or against the State;
(b.1) may, in accordance with the law, act in penal matters to see to the enforcement of the laws and regulations of Québec; the Attorney General may also, in that respect, authorize a person in writing to act on behalf of the Attorney General;
(c) takes measures to prevent crime;
(d) (paragraph replaced);
(e) (paragraph replaced);
(f) (paragraph replaced);
(g) performs such other functions as are assigned to him by the Government.
4. The Attorney General:
(a) is the keeper of the Great Seal and establishes and authorizes all the instruments issued under the Great Seal;
(b) is charged, subject to any express legislative provisions to the contrary, with the settlement and conduct, under the designation of “the Attorney General of Québec”, of all litigation for or against the State;
(b.1) may, in particular, institute penal proceedings for any offence under the Acts and regulations of Québec or, for such purpose, generally or specially authorize any person in writing to act on behalf of the Attorney General;
(c) takes measures, in particular, by his action before the courts, to prevent crime;
(d) (paragraph replaced);
(e) (paragraph replaced);
(f) (paragraph replaced);
(g) performs such other functions as are assigned to him by the Government.
4. The Attorney General:
(a) is the keeper of the Great Seal and establishes and authorizes all the instruments issued under the Great Seal;
(b) is charged, subject to any express legislative provisions to the contrary, with the settlement and conduct, under the designation of “The Attorney General of Québec representing Her Majesty in the right of Québec” or “the Attorney General of Québec”, of all litigation for or against the Crown or any department of Québec;
(b.1) may, in particular, institute penal proceedings for any offence under the Acts and regulations of Québec or, for such purpose, generally or specially authorize any person in writing to act on behalf of the Attorney General;
(c) takes measures, in particular, by his action before the courts, to prevent crime;
(d) (paragraph replaced);
(e) (paragraph replaced);
(f) (paragraph replaced);
(g) performs such other functions as are assigned to him by the Government.
4. The Attorney General:
(a) is the keeper of the Great Seal and establishes and authorizes all the instruments issued under the Great Seal;
(b) is charged, subject to any express legislative provisions to the contrary, with the settlement and conduct, under the designation of “The Attorney General of Québec representing Her Majesty in the right of Québec”, of all litigation for or against the Crown or any department of Québec;
(b.1) may, in particular, institute penal proceedings for any offence under the Acts and regulations of Québec or, for such purpose, generally or specially authorize any person in writing to act on behalf of the Attorney General;
(c) takes measures, in particular, by his action before the courts, to prevent crime;
(d) (paragraph replaced);
(e) (paragraph replaced);
(f) (paragraph replaced);
(g) performs such other functions as are assigned to him by the Government.
4. The Attorney General:
(a) is the keeper of the Great Seal and establishes and authorizes all the instruments issued under the Great Seal;
(b) is charged, subject to any express legislative provisions to the contrary, with the settlement and conduct, under the designation of “The Attorney General of Québec representing Her Majesty in the right of Québec”, of all litigation for or against the Crown or any department of Québec;
(c) takes measures, in particular, by his action before the courts, to prevent crime;
(d) (paragraph replaced);
(e) (paragraph replaced);
(f) (paragraph replaced);
(g) performs such other functions as are assigned to him by the Government.
4. The Attorney General:
(a) is the keeper of the Great Seal and establishes and authorizes all the instruments issued under the Great Seal;
(b) is charged, subject to any express legislative provisions to the contrary, with the settlement and conduct, under the designation of “The Attorney General of Québec representing Her Majesty in the right of Québec”, of all litigation for or against the Crown or any department of Québec;
(c) is charged with superintending the administration or the execution, as the case may be, of the laws respecting police;
(d) is responsible for promoting the coordination of police activities;
(e) is responsible for devising policies and programmes of public safety and crime prevention and for the improvement of crime detection and repression methods, and for promoting their implementation;
(f) is responsible for a documentation and statistics service to allow the assessment of the crime situation and the effectiveness of police action;
(g) performs such other functions as are assigned to him by the Government.
4. The Attorney-General:
(a) is the keeper of the Great Seal and establishes and authorizes all the instruments issued under the Great Seal;
(b) is charged, subject to any express legislative provisions to the contrary, with the settlement and conduct, under the designation of “The Attorney-General of Québec representing Her Majesty in the right of Québec”, of all litigation for or against the Crown or any department of Québec;
(c) is charged with superintending the administration or the execution, as the case may be, of the laws respecting police;
(d) performs such other functions as are assigned to him by the Gouvernement.
