16. Section 15 does not require the publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec of any text referred to in a regulation.
No person may be convicted of an offence under a text that has not been published in the Gazette officielle du Québec and that is referred to by a regulation unless it is proved that the text has been published otherwise and that the persons to whom the text may be applicable were in a position to acquaint themselves with it before the offence was committed.