CCQ-1991 - Civil Code of Québec

Section 542.1 Disposition versions

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542.1. A person born of procreation involving the contribution of a third person, including one under 14 years of age who has obtained the approval of his father and mother, of his parents or of his tutor, has the right to obtain, from the authority designated by law and among the information contained in the register referred to in article 542.10, the name of the third person, the information concerning the third person’s profile determined by government regulation and, unless a contact veto bars its disclosure, the information making contact with the third person possible.

The person also has the right to obtain, according to the terms determined by government regulation, a copy of the surrogacy agreement, of the judgment concerning the person’s filiation, if applicable, as well as of the other documents contained in the judicial file and of any other documents determined by the regulation. The communication of any document must, however, be made in keeping with any contact veto registered, and the passages that provide information making contact with the third person possible must be deleted or redacted accordingly.

2023, c. 13, s. 21.

The first paragraph of this article comes into force on 6 March 2024 to the extent that it concerns the power of the Government to determine in a regulation the information concerning the profile of the third person who contributed to the procreation of a child born of procreation involving the contribution of a third person. (O.C. 105-2024, (2024) 156 G.O. 2, 371).

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Not in force

542.1. A person born of procreation involving the contribution of a third person, including one under 14 years of age who has obtained the approval of his father and mother, of his parents or of his tutor, has the right to obtain, from the authority designated by law and among the information contained in the register referred to in article 542.10, the name of the third person, the information concerning the third person’s profile determined by government regulation and, unless a contact veto bars its disclosure, the information making contact with the third person possible.

The person also has the right to obtain, according to the terms determined by government regulation, a copy of the surrogacy agreement, of the judgment concerning the person’s filiation, if applicable, as well as of the other documents contained in the judicial file and of any other documents determined by the regulation. The communication of any document must, however, be made in keeping with any contact veto registered, and the passages that provide information making contact with the third person possible must be deleted or redacted accordingly.

2023, c. 13, s. 21.