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22 PERSONS
must declare the death to the Registrar within eight days of
that death, or of the declaratory judgment of death or of
absence, as the case may be.
A copy of the attestation is attached to the declaration.
98 A declaration of death gives the surname and given
names of the deceased and of his parents, his sex, the place
and date of his birth, the place of his last domicile, the place
and date of his death and, where applicable, the surname and
given names of the surviving spouse.
It also indicates the relationship between the declarant
and the deceased.
99 If the date of death is not known, the Registrar fixes the
presumed date on the basis of a medical report.
If the place of death is not known, the death is presumed
to have occurred where the body was found.
100 The Registrar mentions the death or absence, as the case
may be, in a schedule to the deceased's acts of birth and of
marriage.
101 A certificate of death gives the surname, given names
and sex of the deceased and the date and place of his death.
If a certificate is issued following a declaratory judgment
of death, it also includes the information required under
Article 77.
§ - 2 Declaratory judgments of death
102 The death of a person who has died in Quebec or was
domiciled there must be judicially declared when it is impossible
to draw up an attestation of death and his death can be
held to be certain.