Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Canada Post Corporation Act.

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2. (1) In this Act,

  “Board”

  « conseil »

  “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation;

  “Chairman”

  “Chairman”[Repealed, 2006, c. 9, s. 234]

  “Chairperson”

  « président du conseil »

  “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board, appointed pursuant to section 7;

  “Corporation”

  « Société »

  “Corporation” means the Canada Post Corporation established by section 4;

  “mail”

  « envois » ou « courrier »

  “mail” means mailable matter from the time it is posted to the time it is delivered to the addressee thereof;

  “mail bag”

  « contenant postal »

  “mail bag” means any container or covering in which mail is transmitted, whether it contains mail or not;

  “mail contractor”

  « entrepreneur postal »

  “mail contractor” means a person who has entered into a contract with the Corporation for the transmission of mail, which contract has not expired or been terminated;

  “mail conveyance”

  Version anglaise seulement

  “mail conveyance” means any physical, electronic, optical or other means used to transmit mail;

  “mailable matter”

  « objets »

  “mailable matter” means any message, information, funds or goods that may be transmitted by post;

  “Minister”

  « ministre »

  “Minister” means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act;

  “post”

  « poster » ou « déposer »

  “post” means to leave in a post office or with a person authorized by the Corporation to receive mailable matter;

  “post office”

  « bureaux de poste »

  “post office” includes any place, receptacle, device or mail conveyance authorized by the Corporation for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail;

  “postage”

  « port »

  “postage” means the charge or surcharge payable for the collection, transmission and delivery by the Corporation of messages, information, funds or goods and for insurance or other special services provided by the Corporation in relation thereto;

  “postage stamp”

  « timbres-poste »

  “postage stamp” means any stamp, postage impression or postage meter impression authorized by the Corporation for the purpose of paying postage;

  “postal remittance”

  « titre de versement postal »

  “postal remittance” means any instrument authorized by the Corporation for the remittance of funds;

  “President”

  « président »

  “President” means the President of the Corporation appointed pursuant to section 8;

  “transmit”

  « transmission »

  “transmit” means to send or convey from one place to another place by any physical, electronic, optical or other means;

  “transmit by post”

  « transmission postale »

  “transmit by post” means to transmit through or by means of the Corporation;

  “undeliverable letter”

  « lettres non distribuables »

  “undeliverable letter” means any letter that for any reason cannot be delivered to the addressee thereof and includes any letter the delivery of which is prohibited by law or is refused by the addressee or on which postage due is not paid by the sender on demand.

• Marginal note:Presumption

  (2) For the purposes of this Act,

  • (a) leaving mail at the place of residence or business of the addressee thereof,

  • (b) depositing mail in a post office lock box or rural mail box or any other receptacle or device provided for the receipt of mail of the addressee, or

  • (c) leaving mail with the addressee or his servant or agent or with any other person who may reasonably be considered to be authorized to receive mail by the addressee thereof,

  according to the usual manner of delivering mail to that addressee, is deemed to be delivery to the addressee.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (3) For the purposes of this Act, a thing is deemed to be in the course of post from the time it is posted to the time it is delivered to the addressee or returned to the sender thereof.