The Civil Code of Quebec governs rights and obligations of citizens, relations between citizens, and property. It is in the Civil Code of Quebec that can be found provisions relating in particular to the status and capacity of persons, family organization, formation of contracts, civil liability, property, hypothecs or mortgages, publication of rights, and private international law. The Civil Code of Québec defines the jus commune (general law), and it represents, in harmony with the Charter of human rights and freedoms, the foundation of all other laws, although other laws may complement the Code or make exceptions to it.
The Civil Code of Québec contains over 3,000 Sections (also called articles) divided into ten books, themselves organized in titles, chapters and sections. The books that compose it are entitled as follows, namely: Persons, The Family, Successions, Property, Obligations, Prior Claims and Hypothecs, Evidence, Prescription, Publication of Rights, and Private International Law.
The Civil Code of Québec entered into force on January 1st, 1994. It replaces the Civil Code of Lower Canada, which was in force since 1866.
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