2.1. For the purposes of determining civil liability in respect of third persons, a member of the Police Force, a municipal policeman or a special constable does not cease to act as an employee when he performs his duties as a peace officer.
The Minister of Public Security is, for the purposes of this section, deemed to be the employer of a municipal policeman acting as a peace officer in a territory other than that of the municipality employing him.
1979, c. 67, s. 2; 1986, c. 86, s. 41; 1988, c. 46, s. 24.