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T-16 - Courts of Justice Act

Section 79
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79. The Court of Québec is a court of original jurisdiction in civil, criminal and penal matters and in youth matters.
The Court or the judges thereof shall also sit on administrative matters or on appeals in the cases provided for by law.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 71; 1978, c. 19, s. 2; 1981, c. 14, s. 48; 1985, c. 29, s. 35; 1987, c. 92, s. 4; 1988, c. 21, s. 30.
79. The Court of the Sessions of the Peace is a court of record and its judges have jurisdiction throughout Québec.
The Court is composed of not more than 74 judges including a chief judge, a senior associate chief judge and an associate chief judge.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 71; 1978, c. 19, s. 2; 1981, c. 14, s. 48; 1985, c. 29, s. 35; 1987, c. 92, s. 4.
79. The Court of the Sessions of the Peace is a court of record and its judges have jurisdiction throughout Québec.
The Court is composed of not more than 73 judges including a chief judge, a senior associate chief judge and an associate chief judge.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 71; 1978, c. 19, s. 2; 1981, c. 14, s. 48; 1985, c. 29, s. 35.
79. The Court of the Sessions of the Peace is a court of record and its judges have jurisdiction throughout Québec.
The Court is composed of not more than seventy-one judges including a chief judge, a senior associate chief judge and an associate chief judge.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 71; 1978, c. 19, s. 2; 1981, c. 14, s. 48.
79. The Court of the Sessions of the Peace is a court of record and its judges have jurisdiction throughout Québec.
The Court is composed of not more than sixty-eight judges including a chief judge, a senior associate chief judge and an associate chief judge.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 71; 1978, c. 19, s. 2.
Under section 116b inserted in the Courts of Justice Act (Revised Statutes, 1964, chapter 20) by section 145 of chapter 20 of the statutes of 1977, a judge of the Youth Court may, at his request and within the prescribed periods, be appointed to the Court of the Sessions of the Peace by the Government.
Under this section 116b, a judge of the Youth Court has been appointed to the Court of the Sessions of the Peace, therefore the number of judges of the Court of the Sessions of the Peace must be correspondingly increased. (1977, c. 20, s. 145).
79. The Court of the Sessions of the Peace shall be a court of record, composed of judges of the sessions, of whom two, at least, shall reside at Montréal, and at least one at Québec, and with jurisdiction throughout Québec.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 71.
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