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Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. B-3)

Act current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2023-04-27. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Enforcement of orders of other courts

  •  (1) An order made by the court under this Act shall be enforced in the courts having jurisdiction in bankruptcy elsewhere in Canada in the same manner in all respects as if the order had been made by the court hereby required to enforce it.

  • Marginal note:Courts to be auxiliary to each other

    (2) All courts and the officers of all courts shall severally act in aid of and be auxiliary to each other in all matters of bankruptcy, and an order of one court seeking aid, with a request to another court, shall be deemed sufficient to enable the latter court to exercise, in regard to the matters directed by the order, such jurisdiction as either the court that made the request or the court to which the request is made could exercise in regard to similar matters within its jurisdiction.

  • Marginal note:Enforcement of warrants

    (3) Any warrant of a court may be enforced in any part of Canada in the same manner and subject to the same privileges as a warrant issued by a justice of the peace under or in pursuance of the Criminal Code may be executed against a person charged with an indictable offence.

  • R.S., c. B-3, s. 158

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