Crown Liability and Proceedings Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-50)

Act current to 2012-05-02 and last amended on 2011-08-15. Previous Versions

Crown Liability and Proceedings Act

R.S.C., 1985, c. C-50

An Act respecting the liability of the Crown and proceedings by or against the Crown

SHORT TITLE

Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Crown Liability and Proceedings Act.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-50, s. 1;
  • 1990, c. 8, s. 21.

INTERPRETATION

Marginal note:Definitions

2. In this Act,

“Crown”

« État »

“Crown” means Her Majesty in right of Canada;

“Crown ship”

« navire de l’État »

“Crown ship” means a Crown vessel as defined in section 140 of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001;

“liability”

« responsabilité »

“liability”, for the purposes of Part 1, means

  • (a) in the Province of Quebec, extracontractual civil liability, and

  • (b) in any other province, liability in tort;

“servant”

« préposés »

“servant” includes agent, but does not include any person appointed or employed by or under the authority of an ordinance of the Northwest Territories or a law of the Legislature of Yukon or of the Legislature for Nunavut;

“tort”

“tort”[Repealed, 2001, c. 4, s. 34]

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-50, s. 2;
  • 1990, c. 8, s. 22;
  • 1993, c. 28, s. 78;
  • 1998, c. 15, s. 21;
  • 2001, c. 4, s. 34, c. 26, s. 295;
  • 2002, c. 7, s. 151.
Previous Version
Marginal note:Definition of "person"

2.1 For the purposes of sections 3 to 5, “person” means a natural person of full age and capacity other than Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.

  • 2001, c. 4, s. 35.

PART I

LIABILITY

Liability and Civil Salvage

Marginal note:Liability

3. The Crown is liable for the damages for which, if it were a person, it would be liable

  • (a) in the Province of Quebec, in respect of

    • (i) the damage caused by the fault of a servant of the Crown, or

    • (ii) the damage resulting from the act of a thing in the custody of or owned by the Crown or by the fault of the Crown as custodian or owner; and

  • (b) in any other province, in respect of

    • (i) a tort committed by a servant of the Crown, or

    • (ii) a breach of duty attaching to the ownership, occupation, possession or control of property.

  • R.S., 1985, c. C-50, s. 3;
  • 2001, c. 4, s. 36.