Quebec notarial documents
61Any document purporting to be a copy of a notarial act or instrument, made, filed or enregistered in the Province of Quebec, and to be certified by a notary or prothonotary to be a true copy of the original thereby certified to be in his possession as such notary or prothonotary, shall be received in evidence in all courts as prima facie evidence of the original, and of the due execution thereof as appears by such copy, and if such document is a certificate of a marriage in Quebec, such certified copy is prima facie evidence of such marriage; but before such certified copy is allowed in evidence, at least ten days notice in writing of the intention to offer the same in evidence, accompanied by a copy of such certified copy, shall be given to the adverse party, and the due service of which notice and copy being proved by affidavit or otherwise to the satisfaction of the court.