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1.   French is the official language of Québec.

           1977, c. 5, s. 1.

           CHAPTER II
           FUNDAMENTAL LANGUAGE RIGHTS

           2.   Every person has a right to have the civil administration, the health services and social services, the public
           utility enterprises, the professional orders, the associations of employees and all enterprises doing business in Québec
           communicate with him in French.

           1977, c. 5, s. 2; 1994, c. 40, s. 457; 1999, c. 40, s. 45.

           3.   In deliberative assembly, every person has a right to speak in French.

           1977, c. 5, s. 3.

           4.   Workers have a right to carry on their activities in French.
           1977, c. 5, s. 4.

           5.   Consumers of goods and services have a right to be informed and served in French.

           1977, c. 5, s. 5.

           6.   Every person eligible for instruction in Québec has a right to receive that instruction in French.

           1977, c. 5, s. 6.

           CHAPTER III

           THE LANGUAGE OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE COURTS
           7.   French is the language of the legislature and the courts in Québec, subject to the following:

           (1)   legislative bills shall be printed, published, passed and assented to in French and in English, and the statutes
           shall be printed and published in both languages;

           (2)   the regulations and other similar acts to which section 133 of the Constitution Act, 1867 applies shall be made,
           passed or issued, and printed and published in French and in English;

           (3)   the French and English versions of the texts referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are equally authoritative;

           (4)   either French or English may be used by any person in, or in any pleading in or process issuing from, any
           court of Québec.

           1977, c. 5, s. 7; 1993, c. 40, s. 1.
















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