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S-2.4 - Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience
Section 53
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53. The Government may declare a national state of emergency in all or part of the territory of Québec, for a maximum period of 10 days, when a disaster or another event that interferes with the functioning of the community to the point of compromising human safety occurs or is imminent and if the Government considers that it must resort to the extraordinary powers provided for in section 57 in order to take the immediate actions required to protect human life, health and integrity.
Before the state of emergency ends, the Government may renew it for other maximum periods of 10 days or, with the consent of the National Assembly, for maximum periods of 30 days, as long as the conditions set out in the first paragraph are met.
