14. No deed, document or writing shall bind the department or be attributed to the Minister or the Attorney General unless signed by him or by the Deputy Minister or Deputy Attorney General, or by another officer duly authorized by the Minister or the Attorney General.
The Government may, however, on conditions fixed by it, allow the required signature to be affixed by means of an automatic device to those documents it determines.
The Government may also allow a facsimile of the required signature to be engraved, lithographed or printed on those documents it determines. In that case, the facsimile has the same value as the signature itself if the document is countersigned by a person authorized by the Minister.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 16, s. 13; 1978, c. 18, s. 7.