The Act respecting the laicity of the State, also known as Law 21, is a Quebec provincial statute enacted on June 16, 2019. It provides that "The State of Québec is a lay State." It prohibits the wearing of religious symbols by certain public servants and contractors, including teachers in the public-school system and prosecutors, while grandfathering people who were already in office when the Act was introduced. The Act operates in spite of the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, and also notwithstanding certain sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.