D-8.1 - Act respecting the development of Québec firms in the book industry

Section 1 Disposition versions

1999-10-22

1. In this Act and the regulations, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(1)  “control” means

(a)  the direct or indirect right of ownership, as real owner, over the securities issued by a person eligible to accreditation, or mastery over such securities, whether shares, bonds or any other evidence of indebtedness;

(b)  the power of decision over the securities issued by a person eligible to accreditation;

(c)  a right or power giving to a person, his successors or any other person related to him within the meaning of the Taxation Act (chapter I-3), real ownership of the eligible person, mastery over the eligible person, or effective control over the administration or activities of the eligible person, whether such right or power is exercised under a contract of management or otherwise;

(2)  “distributor” means every person, including a publisher, an agent or any other intermediary, whose main or secondary activity in Québec, by exclusive right or on any other basis, is the trade, distribution or transportation of books through a bookstore or a sales outlet;

(3)  “publisher” means any person whose main or secondary activity in Québec is the selection and production of a manuscript or a text in the form of a book, its distribution and its putting on sale;

(4)  “bookseller” means any person whose main or secondary activity is the sale of books to the public in Québec;

(5)  “book” means

(a)  a non-periodical printed publication containing not less than 48 pages of text or illustrations or both, not including the cover pages, regardless of how it is assembled;

(b)  a non-periodical printed publication which is a collection of poems, containing not less than 32 pages of text or illustrations or both, not including the cover pages;

(c)  a non-periodical printed publication intended for children, containing not less than 16 pages of text or illustrations or both, or in the form of cartoons with or without text, bound in paper or hardback;

(d)  a non-periodical printed publication, presented in the form of cartoons for adults, containing not less than 16 pages, with text, bound in paper or hardback;

(e)  a non-periodical printed publication dealing solely with music, bound in paper or hardback, or an instrument method or music score, regardless of the number of pages;

(f)  a serial publication, whether of material described in subparagraphs a to e, in several parts, or of volumes published successively under a common title over an undefined period but not necessarily at regular intervals;

but excluding school manuals.

1979, c. 68, s. 1; 1999, c. 40, s. 106.

1981-02-12

1. In this act and the regulations, unless the context indicates otherwise,

(1)  “control” means

(a)  the direct or indirect right of ownership, as real owner, over the securities issued by a person eligible to accreditation, or mastery over such securities, whether shares, bonds, debentures or evidences of indebtedness;

(b)  the power of decision over the securities issued by a person eligible to accreditation;

(c)  a right or power giving to a person, his assigns or any other person related to him within the meaning of the Taxation Act (chapter I-3), real ownership of the eligible person, mastery over the eligible person, or effective control over the administration or activities of the eligible person, whether such right or power is exercised under a contract of management or otherwise;

(2)  “distributor” means every person, including a publisher, an agent or any other intermediary, whose main or secondary activity in Québec, by exclusive right or on any other basis, is the trade, distribution or transportation of books through a bookstore or a sales outlet;

(3)  “publisher” means any person whose main or secondary activity in Québec is the selection and production of a manuscript or a text in the form of a book, its distribution and its putting on sale;

(4)  “bookseller” means any person whose main or secondary activity is the sale of books to the public in Québec;

(5)  “book” means

(a)  a non-periodical printed publication containing not less than 48 pages of text or illustrations or both, not including the cover pages, regardless of how it is assembled;

(b)  a non-periodical printed publication which is a collection of poems, containing not less than 32 pages of text or illustrations or both, not including the cover pages;

(c)  a non-periodical printed publication intended for children, containing not less than 16 pages of text or illustrations or both, or in the form of cartoons with or without text, bound in paper or hardback;

(d)  a non-periodical printed publication, presented in the form of cartoons for adults, containing not less than 16 pages, with text, bound in paper or hardback;

(e)  a non-periodical printed publication dealing solely with music, bound in paper or hardback, or an instrument method or music score, regardless of the number of pages;

(f)  a serial publication, whether of material described in subparagraphs a to e, in several parts, or of volumes published successively under a common title over an undefined period but not necessarily at regular intervals;

but excluding school manuals.

1979, c. 68, s. 1.