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M-19 - Act respecting the Ministère de la Justice

Section 16
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16. The Government may, on the recommendation of the Minister, by commission under the Great Seal, appoint, from among the members of the Barreau du Québec or the Chambre des notaires du Québec, any person it may choose as “Conseiller en loi de l’État du Québec”. Any person having exercised the function of Minister of Justice shall ex officio bear that title.
Those persons may use that title or the abbreviation “c.l.” after their name.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 16, s. 15; 1977, c. 5, s. 229; 2024, c. 7, s. 29.
16. The Government may, upon the recommendation of the Minister, by commission under the Great Seal, in Her Majesty’s name, appoint, from among the members of the Barreau du Québec, such persons as it may choose His Majesty’s counsel learned in the law or, during the reign of a queen, Her Majesty’s counsel learned in the law.
Such persons shall bear, during the reign of a king, the title of King’s Counsel learned in the law or, during the reign of a queen, that of Queen’s Counsel learned in the law.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 16, s. 15; 1977, c. 5, s. 229.
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