The disciplinary decisions

The Discipline Committee receives the complaint from the Syndic and informs the concerned broker or agency. If the defendant pleads guilty to the offences brought against him, the Committee determines the sanction to be imposed at a hearing. If the defendant pleads not guilty, the Committee provides for a hearing on guilt. In the light of evidence presented by each of the parties, the three members of the Discipline Committee will first render their decision on the defendant's guilt and, if applicable, a second decision on the penalty imposed: this means that it is possible to have two decisions pertaining to the same file, one in which the defendant is found guilty, and the other specifying the penalty.

The decisions of the Discipline Committee may be appealed according to the terms and conditions set out in the Real Estate Brokerage Act and the Professional Code.

Finding a disciplinary decision

The decisions rendered by the Discipline Committee are public: you may access them free of charge on the page on the page disciplinary decisions or on the website citoyens.soquij.qc.ca.

Use caution when searching:

• read the decision in its entirety as the defendant may have been acquitted;
• the fact that a broker’s name appears in a decision doesn’t necessarily mean he is the defendant; he may simply be a witness in the case;
• a decision concerning a broker may appear on the jugements.qc.ca website while no notice from the Discipline Committee in the broker’s name is posted on the OACIQ website. This could mean that the period for which a measure was ordered is now over.

To avoid any misunderstanding, we recommend that you contact the Discipline Committee secretary.

You may also consult the secretary to:

• access a decision that does not appear on citoyens.soquij.qc.ca;
• verify whether a real estate broker or an agency has a disciplinary record;
• verify whether a broker or agency has been the subject of one or more disciplinary sanctions.

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