3. The persons who were present at the reproduction or destruction of any document mentioned in section 2 shall immediately afterwards attest the carrying out thereof by means of a sworn declaration in duplicate, signed by them, mentioning the authorization received from the institution concerned and, in the case of the reproduction of a document, certifying the accuracy of such reproduction.
With respect to documents in the possession of the Government, one copy of such declaration shall be remitted to the Minister having custody of the document and the other to the Keeper of the Archives nationales du Québec; in every other case, one copy shall be preserved by the institution concerned and the other shall be deposited in the office of a notary practising in Québec.
R. S. 1964, c. 280, s. 3; 1969, c. 26, s. 69; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1983, c. 38, s. 75.