Chapter 5
Protecting the Rights of Persons Subject to a Substitute
Decision Maker
Edgar-André Montigny, Staff Lawyer ARCH Disability Law Centre
September 2013Current to September 2013. Anyone intending to rely on this paper should conduct their own
research for updates in the legislation and jurisprudence.
A French version of this paper has been prepared by the Centre for Legal Translation and
Documentation. The translation is entitled x and can be found at Chapter 6. The analysis is
based on an English version of the law.