In addition to its powers and responsibilities under the Act respecting the Regulation of the Financial Sector This link will open in a new window (chapter E-6.1), the AMF oversees the enforcement of many legislation

Most laws and regulations are hosted on the website Légis Québec This link will open in a new window of Publications du Québec, with the exception of Securities and Derivatives regulations. 

All of these laws, as well as the related regulations and policy statements, can be viewed on this website, in PDF format. To facilitate viewing these documents, this section has been divided into seven industry areas, each including the legislation specifically applicable to the area in question.

Essential information to help you better understand the provisions of the Act to amend various provisions mainly with respect to the financial sector, their impact on practice and the anticipated key steps and dates for their implementation has been brought together on a single page. 

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Obligations and administrative procedures

Regulation by sector

Essential information to help you better understand the provisions of the Act to amend various provisions mainly with respect to the financial sector, their impact on practice and the anticipated key steps and dates for their implementation has been brought together on a single page. 

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Securities

In Québec, derivatives regulations are made under the Derivatives Act (Québec) and not the Securities Act(Québec). See Derivatives' section.  

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In Québec, derivatives regulations are made under the Derivatives Act (Québec) and not the Securities Act(Québec). See Derivatives' section.  

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