I-13.011 - Act respecting the Institut de la statistique du Québec

Section 41 Disposition versions

2021-06-02

41. A person is guilty of an offence where the person

(1)  discloses, contrary to this Act and without reasonable excuse, information obtained for the purposes of this Act;

(1.1)  contravenes a stipulation of a communication agreement referred to in section 13.9 to which the person is a party;

(1.2)  contravenes a confidentiality agreement that the person signed in accordance with subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph of section 13.10;

(2)  makes use of information obtained in the exercise of the person’s functions to obtain undue advantage for the person or any other person;

(3)  obtains or attempts to obtain, under the pretence of the exercise of the person’s functions, information that the person is not authorized to obtain;

(4)  provides false identification or pretends to be a person referred to in section 25 to obtain information;

(5)  incites or encourages a person referred to in section 25 to disclose, contrary to this Act, information obtained for the purposes of this Act;

(6)  refuses or neglects, without reasonable excuse, in the case of a request for which a reply is obligatory, to comply with a request for information, to fill out a request for information or to transmit the reply to a request for information within the time and in the form prescribed;

(7)  knowingly provides false information in reply to a request for information made under this Act;

(8)  having custody of records, registers or documents of a public body, an enterprise or an association, does not allow a person referred to in section 25 to have access thereto for the purposes of this Act.

1998, c. 44, s. 41; 2021, c. 15, s. 74.

1999-04-01

41. A person is guilty of an offence where the person

(1)  discloses, contrary to this Act and without reasonable excuse, information obtained for the purposes of this Act;

(2)  makes use of information obtained in the exercise of the person’s functions to obtain undue advantage for the person or any other person;

(3)  obtains or attempts to obtain, under the pretence of the exercise of the person’s functions, information that the person is not authorized to obtain;

(4)  provides false identification or pretends to be a person referred to in section 25 to obtain information;

(5)  incites or encourages a person referred to in section 25 to disclose, contrary to this Act, information obtained for the purposes of this Act;

(6)  refuses or neglects, without reasonable excuse, in the case of a request for which a reply is obligatory, to comply with a request for information, to fill out a request for information or to transmit the reply to a request for information within the time and in the form prescribed;

(7)  knowingly provides false information in reply to a request for information made under this Act;

(8)  having custody of records, registers or documents of a public body, an enterprise or an association, does not allow a person referred to in section 25 to have access thereto for the purposes of this Act.

1998, c. 44, s. 41.