11. The authority of the deputy minister shall be that of the incumbent minister of the department; his orders as deputy minister and Deputy Attorney General must be carried out in the same manner as those of the Minister or of the Attorney General, as the case may be; his official signature shall give force and authority to any document within the jurisdiction of the department, or which under an Act of Québec must be signed by the Minister or the Attorney General.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 16, s. 10; 1978, c. 15, s. 140.