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Q-2 - Environment Quality Act

Section 123.4
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123.4. Any person who carries on an activity referred to in section 22 without holding an authorization because such an authorization was not required at the time the activity started must provide the Minister, on the terms and conditions and within the time determined by the Minister, with any information or document needed to verify the compliance of the activity with the rules applicable to it.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 743; 1994, c. 17, s. 60; 1997, c. 43, s. 545; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2004, c. 24, s. 11; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2017, c. 4, s. 177; 2022, c. 8, s. 136.
123.4. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act and in any proceeding brought in accordance with Chapter XII, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having made the analysis at the request of the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks is admissible in lieu of the affidavit of the person as regards the facts declared in it if the person attests on the certificate that he personally observed the facts. The certificate is proof, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, of the quality of the signatory.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 743; 1994, c. 17, s. 60; 1997, c. 43, s. 545; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2004, c. 24, s. 11; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2017, c. 4, s. 177.
116.1. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act and in any proceeding brought in accordance with Division XI, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having made the analysis at the request of the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks is admissible in lieu of the affidavit of the person as regards the facts declared in it if the person attests on the certificate that he personally observed the facts. The certificate is proof, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, of the quality of the signatory.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 743; 1994, c. 17, s. 60; 1997, c. 43, s. 545; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2004, c. 24, s. 11; 2006, c. 3, s. 35; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP).
116.1. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act and in any proceeding brought in accordance with Division XI, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having made the analysis at the request of the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks is admissible in lieu of the sworn statement of the person as regards the facts declared in it if the person attests on the certificate that he personally observed the facts. The certificate is proof, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, of the quality of the signatory.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 743; 1994, c. 17, s. 60; 1997, c. 43, s. 545; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2004, c. 24, s. 11; 2006, c. 3, s. 35.
116.1. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act and in any proceeding brought in accordance with Division XI, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having made the analysis at the request of the Minister of the Environment is admissible in lieu of the sworn statement of the person as regards the facts declared in it if the person attests on the certificate that he personally observed the facts. The certificate is proof, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, of the quality of the signatory.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 743; 1994, c. 17, s. 60; 1997, c. 43, s. 545; 1999, c. 36, s. 158; 2004, c. 24, s. 11.
116.1. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act and in any proceeding brought in accordance with Division XI, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having made the analysis at the request of the Minister of the Environment is admissible in lieu of the sworn statement of the person as regards the facts declared in it if the person attests on the certificate that he personally observed the facts.The certificate is proof, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, of the quality of the signatory.
The cost of this analysis, as established by the Minister, is included in the costs of the proceedings in the case of a penal or civil suit.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 743; 1994, c. 17, s. 60; 1997, c. 43, s. 545; 1999, c. 36, s. 158.
116.1. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act and in any proceeding brought in accordance with Division XI, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having made the analysis at the request of the Minister of the Environment and Wildlife is admissible in lieu of the sworn statement of the person as regards the facts declared in it if the person attests on the certificate that he personally observed the facts.The certificate is proof, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, of the quality of the signatory.
The cost of this analysis, as established by the Minister, is included in the costs of the proceedings in the case of a penal or civil suit.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 743; 1994, c. 17, s. 60; 1997, c. 43, s. 545.
116.1. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act and in any appeal brought in accordance with Division XI, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having made the analysis at the request of the Minister of the Environment and Wildlife is admissible in lieu of the sworn statement of the person as regards the facts declared in it if the person attests on the certificate that he personally observed the facts. The certificate is proof, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, of the quality of the signatory.
The cost of this analysis, as established by the Minister, is included in the costs of the proceedings in the case of a penal or civil suit.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 743; 1994, c. 17, s. 60.
116.1. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this Act and in any appeal brought in accordance with Division XI, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having made the analysis at the request of the Minister of the Environment is admissible in lieu of the sworn statement of the person as regards the facts declared in it if the person attests on the certificate that he personally observed the facts. The certificate is proof, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, of the quality of the signatory.
The cost of this analysis, as established by the Minister, is included in the costs of the proceedings in the case of a penal or civil suit.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38; 1990, c. 4, s. 743.
116.1. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this act and in any appeal brought in accordance with Division XI, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having acted at the request of the Ministère de l’Environnement is admissible as proof primafacie of the facts declared in it and of the authority of the signatory without further proof of his appointment or signature.
The cost of this analysis, as established by the Minister, is included in the costs of the proceedings in the case of a penal or civil suit.
1978, c. 64, s. 43; 1979, c. 49, s. 38.
116.1. In all civil or penal proceedings instituted pursuant to this act and in any appeal brought in accordance with Division XI, a certificate of the analysis of a contaminant or other substance signed by a person having acted at the request of the Services de protection de l’environnement is admissible as proof primafacie of the facts declared in it and of the authority of the signatory without further proof of his appointment or signature.
The cost of this analysis, as established by the Minister, is included in the costs of the proceedings in the case of a penal or civil suit.
1978, c. 64, s. 43.
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