P-34.1 - Youth Protection Act

Section 2 Disposition versions

2022-04-26

2. The purpose of this Act is to protect children whose security or development is or may be considered to be in danger. The Act also aims to put an end to and prevent the recurrence of situations in which the security or the development of a child is in danger.

In addition, it supplements the provisions of the Civil Code that concern the adoption of children domiciled in Québec or outside Québec.

Lastly, in these matters, this Act sets out, in Chapter V.1, provisions specific to Indigenous people, which add to or depart from its other provisions.

1977, c. 20, s. 2; 1984, c. 4, s. 3; 2017, c. 12, s. 53; 2022, c. 11, s. 3.

2017-06-16

2. The purpose of this Act is to protect children whose security or development is or may be considered to be in danger.

In addition, it supplements the provisions of the Civil Code that concern the adoption of children domiciled in Québec or outside Québec.

1977, c. 20, s. 2; 1984, c. 4, s. 3; 2017, c. 12, s. 53.

1984-04-04

2. This Act applies to any child whose security or development is or may be considered to be in danger.

1977, c. 20, s. 2; 1984, c. 4, s. 3.

1979-01-15

2. The Government may, for the purposes of the application of the Juvenile Delinquents Act (Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, chapter J-3) or of any other act in force in Québec amending or replacing such act, designate or determine any person, establishment or body contemplated in this act to be the person or body exercising in Québec the functions of a person or provincial body contemplated in the said act.

1977, c. 20, s. 2.