56. Deputy sheriffs shall be appointed in the manner provided by sections 1 and following of the Act respecting the salaries of officers of justice (chapter S-2). The acts and returns of such deputies, done and made in their official capacity, shall be received in all the courts in Québec, and shall be as valid and legal as the acts and returns of the sheriff himself.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 52.