C-25.01 - Code of Civil Procedure

Section 539.1 Disposition versions

2023-06-30

539.1. The monetary limit for the recovery of small claims provided for in articles 536, 538, 539, 550, 561.1, 565 and 660 is increased by $1,000 on 1 September of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the total amount resulting from annual adjustment of the indexed limit amount on the basis of the Consumer Price Index for Québec, determined by Statistics Canada, since the last increase is equal to or exceeds $1,000. A notice stating the monetary limit for the recovery of small claims resulting from that calculation is published in the Gazette officielle du Québec by the Minister of Justice not later than 1 August of the year in which the new limit comes into force. Judicial applications introduced before 1 September of that year continue in accordance with the rules under which they were brought.

2023, c. 3, s. 10.

Not in force

In force: 2023-06-30

539.1. The monetary limit for the recovery of small claims provided for in articles 536, 538, 539, 550, 561.1, 565 and 660 is increased by $1,000 on 1 September of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the total amount resulting from annual adjustment of the indexed limit amount on the basis of the Consumer Price Index for Québec, determined by Statistics Canada, since the last increase is equal to or exceeds $1,000. A notice stating the monetary limit for the recovery of small claims resulting from that calculation is published in the Gazette officielle du Québec by the Minister of Justice not later than 1 August of the year in which the new limit comes into force. Judicial applications introduced before 1 September of that year continue in accordance with the rules under which they were brought.

2023, c. 3, s. 10.