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Transport Act

This section defines key terms used in the Act, including means of transport, vehicle, carrier, regulation, Minister, Commission, explosive, dangerous substance, and public hearing.

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Jurisdiction: Canada — Quebec
Structure: 281 provisions
Dates: Source version 10 Jun 2026

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Section 48.43

A local municipality may grant a subsidy for a special transportation service for handicapped persons, but only after it has made an agreement with the body operating the service.

Section 48.43

Section 62

Section 62 is repealed.

Section 62

Section 74.3

A person who advises, encourages, incites, or helps another person commit an offence under the Act, regulations, or an order is treated as a party to that offence, even if the offender has not been prosecuted or convicted.

Section 74.3

Section 88.2

Certain motorists must pay a public transit contribution, and some may request part reimbursement or be exempted by government regulation.

Section 88.2

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Provision 40Repeal 27Offence 14

§ 48.43Section 48.43Provision

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A local municipality may grant a subsidy for a special transportation service for handicapped persons, but only after it has made an agreement with the body operating the service.

48.43. A local municipality may also make a resolution, a copy of which must be sent to the Minister, to grant a subsidy to a non-profit body that organizes a special transportation service for handicapped persons in the territory of the municipality and, where applicable, provides links to points situated outside the territory. No such subsidy may be granted before the municipality and the body have made an agreement on the service to be operated. Upon making the agreement, the local municipality must send a copy to the Minister. 2005, c. 6, s. 237.

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§ 49Section 49Provision

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The Commission, its members, and persons designated by the Minister under section 17.8 may inquire into matters within the Commission’s competence when exercising their powers.

49. In exercising its powers, the Commission, each of its members and any person designated by the Minister under section 17.8 may inquire into any matter within the competence of the Commission. 1972, c. 55, s. 50; 1981, c. 8, s. 21; 1986, c. 95, s. 326.

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§ 49.1Section 49.1Provision

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For inquiries under section 49, the Commission, its members, and persons designated by the Minister under section 17.8 have the powers and immunity of public inquiry commissioners, except the power to impose imprisonment.

49.1. For the purposes of an inquiry under section 49, the Commission, each of its members and any person designated by the Minister under section 17.8 has the powers and immunity of commissioners appointed under the Act respecting public inquiry commissions (chapter C-37), except the power to impose imprisonment. 1981, c. 8, s. 21; 1986, c. 95, s. 326.

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§ 49.2Section 49.2Provision

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The Minister or the Commission may authorize inspectors, and authorized inspectors and peace officers may inspect and require information for enforcement purposes. People who control relevant records must provide them if asked and help with the inspection.

49.2. The Minister or the Commission may authorize any person to act as an inspector to ascertain compliance with this Act and the regulations and any other Act which confers jurisdiction upon the Commission. Any person so authorized to act as an inspector and any peace officer may, in the performance of his duties and on public highways as well as roads open to public vehicular traffic, for purposes relevant to enforcement of this Act, (1) enter, at any reasonable time, the establishment of a carrier, a consignor or a consignee and inspect it; (2) examine and make copies of the books, registers, accounts, records and other documents containing information related to the activities of the persons referred to in subparagraph 1; (3) where he has reasonable cause to believe that a road vehicle is providing transportation that is subject to this Act, stop the vehicle, enter and examine it and, for that purpose, open any container or receptacle or cause it to be opened; (4) require any information relating to the carrying out of the Act and regulations referred to in the first paragraph and the production of any relevant document. Any person having custody, possession or control of such books, registers, accounts, records and other documents shall, if so required, give communication thereof to the person making the inspection and facilitate his examination thereof. 1981, c. 8, s. 21; 1986, c. 95, s. 326; 1987, c. 97, s. 111; 1998, c. 40, s. 162; 1999, c. 40, s. 322.

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§ 49.3Section 49.3Provision

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This section is marked as replaced.

49.3. (Replaced). 1981, c. 8, s. 21; 1986, c. 95, s. 326.

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§ 49.4Section 49.4Provision

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This section is marked as replaced and lists related historical citations.

49.4. (Replaced). 1981, c. 8, s. 21; 1984, c. 23, s. 26; 1986, c. 95, s. 326.

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§ 49.5Section 49.5Provision

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This section is marked as replaced.

49.5. (Replaced). 1981, c. 8, s. 21; 1984, c. 23, s. 27; 1986, c. 95, s. 326.

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§ 50Section 50Provision

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Do not hinder, mislead, refuse information or documents to, or conceal or destroy documents or property from certain Commission, inspection, peace officer, or Department investigators.

50. It is forbidden to hinder the work of a member of the Commission, a designated person, a person authorized to act as an inspector, a peace officer or an investigator of the Department in the discharge of his duties, to mislead him by concealment or false declarations, to refuse to give him information or a document he is entitled to require or examine under this Act, or to conceal or destroy any document or property pertaining to an inquiry. 1972, c. 55, s. 51; 1981, c. 8, s. 22; 1984, c. 23, s. 28; 1986, c. 95, s. 327; 1987, c. 97, s. 112.

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§ 50.1Section 50.1Provision

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A person authorized by the Act to make an inquiry or inspection must identify themself and show a certificate of office or a badge.

50.1. Every person authorized by this Act to make an inquiry or inspection must identify himself and show a certificate of his office or, as the case may be, show his badge. 1981, c. 8, s. 22; 1984, c. 23, s. 29; 1986, c. 95, s. 328; 1987, c. 97, s. 113.

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§ 51Section 51Provision

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Certain people may contest a Commission decision before the Administrative Tribunal of Québec within 30 days after the decision takes effect.

51. Any decision of the Commission may be contested before the Administrative Tribunal of Québec by the person concerned, a person objecting thereto or the Attorney General within 30 days after the date the decision takes effect. 1972, c. 55, s. 52; 1981, c. 7, s. 551; 1981, c. 8, s. 23; 1987, c. 97, s. 114; 1997, c. 43, s. 814; 2011, c. 9, s. 17.

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§ 52Section 52Provision

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The Attorney General may take part in a Tribunal hearing, without notice, by virtue of office.

52. The Attorney General may, by virtue of his office and without notice, take part in a hearing of the Tribunal as if he were a party thereto. 1972, c. 55, s. 53; 1978, c. 19, s. 49; 1981, c. 7, s. 551; 1981, c. 8, s. 23; 1997, c. 43, s. 814.

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§ 53Section 53Provision

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The Tribunal must not reweigh the Commission’s assessment of principles, criteria, or discretionary factors, except where there is an error of law or a significant factual error in the contested decision.

53. The Tribunal shall not, unless there has been an error of law or a significant error of fact in the contested decision, reevaluate the assessment that the Commission made of the principles, criteria or discretionary factors the Commission was required to take into account in making its decision. 1972, c. 55, s. 54; 1981, c. 7, s. 551; 1981, c. 8, s. 23; 1987, c. 97, s. 115; 1991, c. 59, s. 9; 1997, c. 43, s. 814.

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§ 54Section 54Provision

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This section is marked “Replaced.”

54. (Replaced). 1972, c. 55, s. 55; 1981, c. 7, s. 551; 1981, c. 8, s. 23; 1997, c. 43, s. 814.

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§ 55Section 55Provision

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Section 55 is marked as replaced.

55. (Replaced). 1972, c. 55, s. 56; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1980, c. 38, s. 18; 1981, c. 7, s. 551; 1981, c. 8, s. 23; 1997, c. 43, s. 814.

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§ 56Section 56Provision

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Section 56 is marked as replaced.

56. (Replaced). 1972, c. 55, s. 57; 1980, c. 38, s. 18; 1981, c. 7, s. 551; 1981, c. 8, s. 23; 1997, c. 43, s. 814.

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§ 57Section 57Repeal

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Section 57 is repealed.

57. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 58; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 58Section 58Repeal

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Section 58 is repealed.

58. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 59; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 59Section 59Repeal

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Section 59 is repealed.

59. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 60; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 60Section 60Repeal

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60. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 61; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 61Section 61Repeal

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Section 61 is repealed.

61. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 62; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 62Section 62Repeal

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Section 62 is repealed.

62. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 63; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 63Section 63Repeal

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Section 63 is repealed.

63. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 64; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 64Section 64Repeal

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Section 64 is repealed.

64. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 65; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 65Section 65Repeal

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Section 65 is repealed.

65. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 66; 1975, c. 45, s. 21; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 66Section 66Repeal

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Section 66 is repealed.

66. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 67; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 67Section 67Repeal

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Section 67 is repealed.

67. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 68; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1980, c. 38, s. 18; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 68Section 68Repeal

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Section 68 is repealed.

68. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 69; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1980, c. 38, s. 18; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 69Section 69Repeal

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Section 69 is repealed.

69. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 70; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 70Section 70Repeal

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Section 70 is repealed.

70. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 71; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 71Section 71Repeal

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Section 71 is repealed.

71. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 72; 1979, c. 37, s. 43; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 72Section 72Repeal

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Section 72 is repealed.

72. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 73; 1981, c. 7, s. 551.

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§ 73Section 73Offence

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73. Every person who contravenes section 50 is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than $700 nor more than $2,100. 1972, c. 55, s. 74; 1981, c. 8, s. 24; 1986, c. 58, s. 109; 1990, c. 4, s. 870; 1993, c. 24, s. 5;

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§ 74Section 74Offence

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A person who breaches this Act, the regulations, certain orders, or who knowingly makes a false declaration before the Commission commits an offence and may be fined.

74. Every person who contravenes any provision of this Act, the regulations or an order for which no penalty is otherwise provided or refuses to comply with an order made pursuant to this Act, the regulations or an order or knowingly makes a false declaration respecting a matter before the Commission is guilty of an offence and is liable for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues, to a fine of not less than $125 nor more than $375 for a first offence, and of not less than $250 nor more than $750 for a second or subsequent offence. 1972, c. 55, s. 75; 1975, c. 45, s. 22; 1981, c. 8, s. 25; 1986, c. 58, s. 110; 1990, c. 4, s. 871; 1991, c. 33, s. 141; 1992, c. 61, s. 660; 1998, c. 40, s. 164; 2011, c. 9, s. 18.

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§ 74.1Section 74.1Offence

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A person who contravenes section 36 or section 43 commits an offence and may be fined.

74.1. Every person who contravenes section 36 or section 43 is guilty of an offence and is liable for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues, to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,500 for a first offence, and of not less than $1,500 nor more than $2,500 for a second or subsequent offence. 1981, c. 8, s. 25; 1986, c. 58, s. 111; 1988, c. 67, s. 8; 1990, c. 4, s. 872; 1991, c. 33, s. 142; 1991, c. 59, s. 10; 1998, c. 40, s. 165; 1999, c. 82, s. 17.

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§ 74.1.1Section 74.1.1Offence

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A person who contravenes section 42 commits an offence and is liable to a fine.

74.1.1. Every person who contravenes section 42 is guilty of an offence and is liable, for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues, to a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $750 for a first offence, and of not less than $750 nor more than $2,250 for a second or subsequent offence. 1998, c. 40, s. 165; 1999, c. 82, s. 18.

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§ 74.2Section 74.2Offence

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A carrier must not require or accept transportation-service remuneration that differs from the applicable tariff, or it commits an offence.

74.2. A carrier who requires or accepts remuneration for transportation services that differs from the applicable tariff is guilty of an offence and liable to the fine provided for in section 74.1.1, and to an additional fine corresponding to the difference between the remuneration that gave rise to the proceedings and the tariff applicable. 1981, c. 8, s. 25; 1998, c. 8, s. 5; 1998, c. 40, s. 166.

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§ 74.2.1Section 74.2.1Offence

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A person who contravenes section 48.12 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $250 to $750.

74.2.1. Every person who contravenes section 48.12 is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $750. 1993, c. 24, s. 6; 1998, c. 40, s. 167.

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§ 74.2.2Section 74.2.2Offence

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A person who contravenes section 48.14 commits an offence and may be fined between $250 and $750.

74.2.2. Every person who contravenes section 48.14 is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $750. 1993, c. 24, s. 6; 1998, c. 40, s. 168.

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§ 74.2.3Section 74.2.3Offence

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A person who contravenes the first paragraph of section 48.15 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $250 to $750.

74.2.3. Every person who contravenes the first paragraph of section 48.15 is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $750. 1993, c. 24, s. 6; 1998, c. 40, s. 169.

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§ 74.2.4Section 74.2.4Offence

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A person who contravenes section 48.16 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $250 to $750.

74.2.4. Every person who contravenes section 48.16 is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $750. 1993, c. 24, s. 6; 1998, c. 40, s. 170.

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§ 74.3Section 74.3Offence

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74.3. Every person who advises, encourages or incites another person to commit an offence against this Act, the regulations or an order or who does or omits to do something in order to aid another person to commit an offence is a party to that offence whether or not the offender has been prosecuted or found guilty. 1981, c. 8, s. 25; 1995, c. 52, s. 5.

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§ 75Section 75Repeal

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Section 75 is repealed.

75. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 76; 1981, c. 8, s. 26; 1990, c. 4, s. 873.

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§ 75.1Section 75.1Provision

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75.1. In any proceeding for a contravention of this Act, the regulations or an order, all services are presumed to be remunerated. 1981, c. 8, s. 26; 1999, c. 40, s. 322.

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§ 75.2Section 75.2Repeal

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Section 75.2 is repealed.

75.2. (Repealed). 1981, c. 8, s. 26; 1990, c. 4, s. 874.

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§ 76Section 76Repeal

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Section 76 is repealed.

76. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 77; 1981, c. 8, s. 27; 1990, c. 4, s. 875.

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§ 77Section 77Offence

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If a company commits an offence under the Act or a regulation, officers, directors, employees, or agents who prescribed, authorized, consented to, acquiesced in, or participated in it are treated as parties to the offence and face the same penalty as the company.

77. When a company is guilty of an offence against this Act or a regulation, every officer, director, employee or agent of such company who prescribed or authorized the commission of the offence or who consented thereto or acquiesced or participated therein, is deemed a party to the offence and is liable to the same penalty as that provided for the company, whether or not the company has been prosecuted or found guilty. 1972, c. 55, s. 78; 1999, c. 40, s. 322.

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§ 77.1Section 77.1Offence

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A peace officer may serve a statement of offence with a notice requiring the defendant to remedy the offence and provide proof within 72 hours.

77.1. Where a peace officer ascertains the commission of an offence under a provision of this Act, a regulation or an order, he may serve a statement of offence on the driver with a notice enjoining the defendant to remedy the offence and to furnish proof thereof within 72 hours. The statement of offence becomes null when the required proof is furnished to a peace officer within the time prescribed. It is incumbent upon the defendant to establish that he has remedied the offence within that time. Where a notice is attached to the statement of offence, the time prescribed in article 160 of the Code of Penal Procedure (chapter C-25.1) begins to run only from the expiry of the time indicated in the notice. 1981, c. 8, s. 28; 1992, c. 61, s. 610.

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§ 78Section 78Repeal

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Section 78 is repealed.

78. (Repealed). 1972, c. 55, s. 79; 1975, c. 45, s. 23; 1992, c. 61, s. 611.

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§ 79Section 79Repeal

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Section 79 is repealed.

79. (Repealed). 1975, c. 45, s. 23; 1987, c. 97, s. 116.

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§ 80Section 80Offence

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A peace officer may seize a vehicle in specified inspection-related circumstances, and must keep custody of it until the competent court decides on confiscation or return.

80. A peace officer may, immediately, when making an inspection under section 49.2, (1) seize any vehicle where he has reasonable cause to believe that it is being or was used to commit an offence against this Act, the regulations or orders and that the person who is using or who used such vehicle might abscond, until the competent court or a judge of such court authorizes the release of the vehicle with or without a deposit; (2) seize any vehicle where he has reasonable cause to believe that it is being or was used to commit an offence against section 36 or to extend a service authorized by a permit, until the competent court or a judge of such court authorizes the release of the vehicle with a deposit. The peace officer who has seized the vehicle shall have custody of it until the competent court has decided that it is to be confiscated or returned to its owner, at the owner’s expense. 1975, c. 45, s. 23; 1981, c. 8, s. 29; 1982, c. 59, s. 66; 1986, c. 67, s. 8; 1987, c. 97, s. 117; 1990, c. 4, s. 876; 1992, c. 61, s. 661; 1998, c. 40, s. 171.

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§ 80.1Section 80.1Repeal

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Section 80.1 is repealed.

80.1. (Repealed). 1984, c. 23, s. 30; 1987, c. 97, s. 118.

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§ 81Section 81Provision

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The Government may appoint an administrator for a transport system or service if its interruption endangers education, health, or public security.

81. If the Government is of opinion that the interruption of the operations of a transport system or service endangers education, health or public security, it may appoint an administrator to such a system or service. Except for transport by navigation, this division does not apply when interruption of the transport service is caused by a labour conflict. 1972, c. 55, s. 157.

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§ 82Section 82Provision

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The administrator appointed under section 81 has the right to manage the property set aside for the service and the persons employed for that purpose, starting on appointment or when operations are suspended.

82. The administrator appointed under section 81 shall have the right to manage all the property set aside directly or indirectly by the owner for the use of the service upon his appointment or upon the suspension of the operations and the right to manage all the persons employed for the above-mentioned purpose. 1972, c. 55, s. 158.

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§ 83Section 83Provision

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The administrator may collect the service’s revenues and do acts, contracts, loans, security arrangements, and property transactions needed or useful to restore or maintain the service.

83. Such administrator shall have power to collect all the revenues of the service and enter into any contract or undertaking which he considers useful or necessary for the above-mentioned purpose. He may contract loans and give security, acquire and dispose of any property and generally do any act he considers necessary or useful to restore or maintain such service. 1972, c. 55, s. 159.

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§ 84Section 84Provision

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The Government fixes the administrator’s remuneration, and the cost is charged to the owner of the service after deducting revenues received.

84. The remuneration of the administrator shall be fixed by the Government and it shall be charged to the owner of the service as will any expense incurred by him, less the revenues received. 1972, c. 55, s. 160; 1992, c. 57, s. 704.

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§ 85Section 85Provision

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The administrator may sue and be sued in that capacity, and is protected from personal prosecution for good-faith acts done while exercising his functions.

85. The administrator may, in such capacity, sue and be sued whenever the owner of the service could sue or be sued but he cannot be prosecuted personally by reason of any act done in good faith in the exercise of his functions. 1972, c. 55, s. 161.

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§ 86Section 86Provision

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Judicial review under the Code of Civil Procedure and injunctions are barred against the administrator acting in an official capacity; a Court of Appeal judge may summarily annul contrary decisions, orders, or injunctions on application.

86. No application for judicial review under the Code of Civil Procedure (chapter C-25.01) shall be exercised and no injunction shall be granted against the administrator acting in his official capacity. A judge of the Court of Appeal may, on an application, annul summarily any decision, order or injunction made or granted contrary to the preceding paragraph. 1972, c. 55, s. 162; 1979, c. 37, s. 43; 2014, c. 1, s. 781; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).

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§ 87Section 87Offence

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87. Whoever hinders or obstructs an administrator appointed under section 81 in the exercise of a power or duty thus assigned to him or fails to obey a lawful order of such an administrator is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary proceeding, to a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than two years or to both the fine and imprisonment. 1972, c. 55, s. 163.

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§ 88Section 88Provision

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If the Minister reports that the owner of a transport service is able and willing to resume the service, the Government may revoke the administrator’s appointment under section 81.

88. Upon the report of the Minister attesting that the owner of a transport service is able and willing to resume the service, the Government may revoke the appointment of the administrator appointed under section 81. 1972, c. 55, s. 164.

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§ 88.1Section 88.1Provision

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This section defines “motorist” and “public transit authorities” for this division.

88.1. For the purposes of this division, “motorist” means the person in whose name the registration of a passenger vehicle, within the meaning of the regulation respecting the registration of road vehicles made under section 618 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2), is effected by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec; “public transit authorities” means the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain, the Société de transport de Québec, the Société de transport de l’Outaouais, the Société de transport de Lévis, the Société de transport de Trois-Rivières, the Société de transport du Saguenay and the Société de transport de Sherbrooke. 1991, c. 32, s. 262; 1993, c. 67, s. 121; 1995, c. 65, s. 143; 1999, c. 40, s. 322; 2001, c. 23, s. 240; 2001, c. 66, s. 68; 2016, c. 8, s. 116.

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§ 88.2Section 88.2Provision

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Certain motorists must pay a public transit contribution, and some may request part reimbursement or be exempted by government regulation.

88.2. A contribution of motorists to public transit is hereby established. Every motorist whose address as entered in the registers of the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec corresponds to a place situated in the territory of any of the municipalities and Indian reserves listed in Schedule A is bound to pay a contribution. For the purposes of this division and of Schedule A, an Indian settlement is considered a reserve. The motorist shall pay the contribution upon making payment of the sums exigible for obtaining the registration or of the amounts exigible under section 31.1 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2). A motorist may request the reimbursement of a part of his contribution in the circumstances and on the conditions prescribed by a regulation made pursuant to paragraph 11.0.1 of section 618 of the Highway Safety Code. However, no reimbursement is exigible with respect to a change of address. However, the Government may, by regulation and according to the conditions it establishes, exempt motorists who benefit from diplomatic, consular or similar privileges or immunities from paying the contribution. 1991, c. 32, s. 262; 2022, c. 13, s. 86.

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§ 88.3Section 88.3Provision

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The Government may, by regulation, fix the amount of the contribution.

88.3. The Government may, by regulation, fix the amount of the contribution. 1991, c. 32, s. 262.

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§ 88.4Section 88.4Provision

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The Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec must pay collected motorists’ contributions into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

88.4. The Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec shall pay the motorists’ contributions it collects into the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The payments are made on the dates and according to the terms agreed on by the Société and the Minister of Transport; the contributions paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund are credited to the Land Transportation Network Fund established by paragraph 1 of section 12.30 of the Act respecting the Ministère des Transports (chapter M-28). The Société may deduct an amount representing 2% of the contributions collected, to cover administrative expenses. 1991, c. 32, s. 262; 2010, c. 20, s. 48; 2010, c. 33, s. 34; 2011, c. 18, s. 288.

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§ 88.5Section 88.5Provision

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After consulting the public transit authorities, the Minister must set the payment conditions for amounts credited to the Land Transportation Network Fund under section 88.4.

88.5. After consultation with the public transit authorities, the Minister shall establish the conditions of payment to these authorities of the amounts which are credited to the Land Transportation Network Fund under section 88.4. Despite section 49 of the Financial Administration Act (chapter A-6.001), the amounts required for payments under this section are taken out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Such payments must nevertheless be included, in accordance with section 47 of that Act, in the estimates for the Land Transportation Network Fund. 1991, c. 32, s. 262; 2010, c. 20, s. 49; 2010, c. 33, s. 34; 2011, c. 18, s. 289.

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§ 88.6Section 88.6Provision

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The Minister must apportion and pay sums by region based on collected contributions, and the Government must set by regulation how the share for the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec is split.

88.6. The sums which the Minister must pay shall be apportioned in proportion to the contributions collected, since the preceding payment, in the territory of each metropolitan community and in each region described in Schedule A, as well as in the territory of Ville de Saint-Jérôme. Every public transit authority shall receive the whole part attributable to its region except the authorities whose territories are situated within the territory of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec which shall share the part attributable to that territory. The Government shall determine, by regulation, the criterion of apportionment of the part attributable to the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec between the Société de transport de Québec and the Société de transport de Lévis. Before submitting a draft regulation, the Minister shall consult the interested municipalities and transit authorities. The conditions of payment established under section 88.5 may provide for the successive use of provisional and final data for the purposes of the apportionment based on the criterion prescribed by the regulation and provide for adjustments as a result of a difference between provisional data and final data. 1991, c. 32, s. 262; 1995, c. 65, s. 144; 2001, c. 23, s. 241; 2002, c. 77, s. 77.

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§ 88.7Section 88.7Repeal

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Section 88.7 is repealed.

88.7. (Repealed). 2010, c. 20, s. 50; 2016, c. 8, s. 117.

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§ 88.8Section 88.8Repeal

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Section 88.8 is repealed.

88.8. (Repealed). 2010, c. 20, s. 50; 2010, c. 33, s. 34; 2011, c. 18, s. 290; 2012, c. 28, s. 195.

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§ 88.9Section 88.9Repeal

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Section 88.9 is repealed.

88.9. (Repealed). 2010, c. 20, s. 50; 2016, c. 8, s. 117.

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§ 88.10Section 88.10Provision

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The Minister may, with government authorization, enter into an agreement with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec for a shared transportation infrastructure project.

88.10. The Minister may, with the authorization of the Government and on the conditions it determines in each case, enter into an agreement with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec regarding the management and carrying out of a project whose purpose is to develop a new shared transportation infrastructure. The agreement must include mechanisms for integrating such a project into the relevant public transit systems as well as a rate schedule for the shared transportation infrastructure, including indexation mechanisms. The Government shall define the needs and public interest objectives to be met with respect to the project and shall authorize the solution to be implemented from among the various options proposed by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. Such a project, which the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec examines with full independence in accordance with its constituting Act, must offer its depositors the potential for a commercial return on investment, having regard to the risks apprehended. The evaluation of such a potential and the comparison with market practices for similar situations must be validated by an independent expert selected by the parties from a list prepared beforehand. The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has full authority over any project that is the subject of an agreement entered into under the first paragraph. The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec may set rates for the use of the shared transportation infrastructure referred to in the first paragraph. At the time the agreement is signed, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec shall make public the rate schedule for the shared transportation infrastructure, including the indexation mechanisms. 2015, c. 17, s. 9.

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§ 88.11Section 88.11Provision

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Shared transportation infrastructure from section 88.10 remains dedicated to public utility, and listed public bodies may not expropriate it without Government authorization.

88.11. The shared transportation infrastructure referred to in section 88.10 is and remains appropriated to public utility in whosever hands it may be. Despite subparagraph 3 of the second paragraph of section 4 of the Act respecting expropriation (chapter E-25), a municipality, metropolitan community, intermunicipal board, school service centre or school board may not, without the Government’s authorization, acquire that shared transportation infrastructure by expropriation. 2015, c. 17, s. 9; 2017, c. 17, s. 72; 2020, c. 1, s. 305; 2023, c. 27, s. 222.

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For shared transportation infrastructure construction, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec or a designee may exercise the powers in section 9 of the Act respecting the Ministère des Transports.

88.11.1. For the purposes of the construction of a shared transportation infrastructure, the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec or any person it designates may exercise the powers provided for in section 9 of the Act respecting the Ministère des Transports (chapter M-28). 2017, c. 17, s. 73.

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§ 88.12Section 88.12Provision

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The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec must not transfer any of its rights, titles, or interests in the land for the shared transportation infrastructure site before construction is completed.

88.12. The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec may not transfer, in whole or in part, its rights, titles and interests in the land constituting the site of a shared transportation infrastructure described in section 88.10 before construction has been completed. 2015, c. 17, s. 9.

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§ 88.13Section 88.13Provision

88.13. The terms and conditions governing the operation of the shared transportation infrastructure stipulated in an agreement entered into under section 88.10 bind any subsequent purchaser. 2015, c. 17, s. 9.

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§ 88.14Section 88.14Provision

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Unless otherwise provided, three specified transit statutes do not apply to a shared transportation infrastructure referred to in section 88.10.

88.14. Unless otherwise provided, the Act respecting the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (chapter A-33.3), the Act respecting the Réseau de transport métropolitain (chapter R-25.01) and the Act respecting public transit authorities (chapter S-30.01) do not apply to a shared transportation infrastructure referred to in section 88.10. 2015, c. 17, s. 9; 2016, c. 8, s. 118; 2017, c. 17, s. 74.

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The Government may make this division apply to certain new shared transportation infrastructure projects if the project meets criteria set by the Conseil du trésor.

88.14.1. Despite any inconsistent provision, the Government may make this division applicable to a project whose object is a new shared transportation infrastructure of the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain, the Réseau de transport métropolitain, the Société de transport de Montréal and, as determined by the Government, a municipality or another public transit authority, provided the project satisfies the criteria determined by the Conseil du trésor under the second paragraph of section 16 of the Public Infrastructure Act (chapter I-8.3). 2016, c. 8, s. 119.

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§ 88.15Section 88.15Provision

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In this division, references to the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec also include certain wholly-owned subsidiaries described in the cited sections.

88.15. In this division, a reference to the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is also a reference to a wholly-owned subsidiary, within the meaning of the fifth paragraph of section 4 of the Act respecting the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (chapter C-2), described in subparagraph a.1 of the first paragraph of section 31 or in the third paragraph of section 32 of that Act. 2015, c. 17, s. 9; 2017, c. 17, s. 75.

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Some Transportation Board ordinances and decisions stay in force unless changed, replaced, or repealed by the Government or the Commission, depending on the instrument.

89. The ordinances passed and the decision taken by the Transportation Board under the Transportation Board Act (Revised Statutes, 1964, chapter 228) continue to be in force until repealed or replaced by regulation of the Government or by decision of the Commission within the jurisdiction assigned to each one by this Act. Such ordinances and decisions, however, may be amended by regulation of the Government or by decision of the Commission within the jurisdiction assigned to each one by this Act. For the purposes of this section, the following orders may be revoked, replaced or changed by regulation of the Government: General Order on Trucking (R.R.Q., 1981, chapter T-12, r. 2), General Order respecting the transport of passengers and goods by water (R.R.Q., 1981 chapter T-12, r. 17), Order respecting permits for a radius of 30 miles from Montréal, Saint-Jérôme and Valleyfield made on 12 September 1960, Order respecting permits for a radius of 30 miles from the district of Greater Montréal, Joliette, Notre-Dame des Prairies and Saint-Paul de Joliette made on 2 December 1971, and Special Order 7225 respecting Trois-Rivières and the town of Bécancour, made on 22 February 1972. Sections 40 and 74 to 80 apply, adapted as required, to any contravention of these orders. Any other order may be revoked, replaced or changed by the Commission. 1972, c. 55, s. 167; 1975, c. 45, s. 24, s. 36; 1987, c. 97, s. 119.

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The Minister is responsible for applying this Act.

90. The Minister is responsible for the application of this Act. 1972, c. 55, s. 185; 1981, c. 8, s. 30.

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§ 91Section 91Provision

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Section 91 states that it ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987.

91. (This section ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987). 1982, c. 21, s. 1; U. K., 1982, c. 11, Sch. B, Part I, s. 33.

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§ ASchedule AProvision

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METROPOLITAN COMMUNITIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND INDIAN RESERVES IN THE TERRITORY FOR WHICH A CONTRIBUTION OF MOTORISTS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT IS PAYABLE 1. Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal 2. Communauté métropolitaine de Québec 3. Gatineau region: Ville de Gatineau Municipalité de Cantley Municipalité de Chelsea 4. Trois-Rivières region: Ville de Trois-Rivières Paroisse de Saint-Maurice Wolinak Indian Reserve 5. Saguenay region: Ville de Saguenay Municipalité de Saint-Fulgence Municipalité de Saint-Honoré Canton de Tremblay 6. Sherbrooke region: Ville de Sherbrooke Municipalité d’Ascot Corner Canton de Hatley Paroisse de Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Municipalité de Stoke 7. Ville de Saint-Jérôme 1991, c. 32, s. 263; 1992, c. 53, s. 16; 1993, c. 24, s. 7; 2001, c. 23, s. 242; 2001, c. 66, s. 69; 2002, c. 77, s. 78.

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This schedule says specified parts of chapter 55 of the statutes of 1972 are repealed, with listed exceptions and repeal timing tied to later consolidations or updates.

In accordance with section 17 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes (chapter R-3), chapter 55 of the statutes of 1972, in force on 31 December 1977, is repealed, except sections 126 to 144, 149 to 156, subsections 2 to 4 of section 165 and sections 166, 168 to 174, 176 to 181 and 186, effective from the coming into force of chapter T-12 of the Revised Statutes. In accordance with section 17 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes and regulations (chapter R-3), sections 127 to 129, paragraphs b to d of section 130, sections 131 to 134, paragraphs b and c of section 135, sections 136 to 141, paragraphs b and c of section 142 and section 143 of chapter 55 of the statutes of 1972, in force on 1 November 1980, are repealed effective from the coming into force of the updating to 1 November 1980 of chapter T-12 of the Revised Statutes. In accordance with section 17 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes and regulations (chapter R-3), section 144 of chapter 55 of the statutes of 1972, in force on 1 January 1984, is repealed effective from the coming into force of the updating to 1 January 1984 of chapter T-12 of the Revised Statutes.

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