4. The indemnities provided for in this title are in the place and stead of all rights, recourses and rights of action of any one by reason of bodily injury caused by an automobile and no action in that respect shall be admitted before any court of justice.
Subject to section 18, where bodily injury was caused by an automobile, the benefits provided for the compensation of such injury by the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (chapter A-3.001), the Act to promote good citizenship (chapter C-20) or by the Crime Victims Compensation Act (chapter I-6) are in the place and stead of all rights, recourses and rights of action of anyone by reason of such bodily injury and no action in that respect shall be admitted before any court of justice.
The preceding provisions of this section do not apply to the cases contemplated in section 17.
Nothing in this section limits the right of a victim to claim an indemnity under a private insurance scheme, regardless of who is at fault.
1977, c. 68, s. 4; 1985, c. 6, s. 485.