Interpretation Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. I-21)

Act current to 2012-05-14 and last amended on 2005-04-01. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Time of the day

29. Where there is a reference to time expressed as a specified time of the day, the time is taken to mean standard time.

  • R.S., c. I-23, s. 25.
Marginal note:Time when specified age attained

30. A person is deemed not to have attained a specified number of years of age until the commencement of the anniversary, of the same number, of the day of that person’s birth.

  • R.S., c. I-23, s. 25.

Miscellaneous Rules

Marginal note:Reference to provincial court judge, etc.

  • 31. (1) Where anything is required or authorized to be done by or before a judge, provincial court judge, justice of the peace or any functionary or officer, it shall be done by or before one whose jurisdiction or powers extend to the place where the thing is to be done.

  • Marginal note:Ancillary powers

    (2) Where power is given to a person, officer or functionary to do or enforce the doing of any act or thing, all such powers as are necessary to enable the person, officer or functionary to do or enforce the doing of the act or thing are deemed to be also given.

  • Marginal note:Powers to be exercised as required

    (3) Where a power is conferred or a duty imposed, the power may be exercised and the duty shall be performed from time to time as occasion requires.

  • Marginal note:Power to repeal

    (4) Where a power is conferred to make regulations, the power shall be construed as including a power, exercisable in the same manner and subject to the same consent and conditions, if any, to repeal, amend or vary the regulations and make others.

  • R.S., 1985, c. I-21, s. 31;
  • R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 203.
Marginal note:Forms

32. Where a form is prescribed, deviations from that form, not affecting the substance or calculated to mislead, do not invalidate the form used.

  • R.S., c. I-23, s. 26.
Marginal note:Gender

  • 33. (1) Words importing female persons include male persons and corporations and words importing male persons include female persons and corporations.

  • Marginal note:Number

    (2) Words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular.

  • Marginal note:Parts of speech and grammatical forms

    (3) Where a word is defined, other parts of speech and grammatical forms of the same word have corresponding meanings.

  • R.S., 1985, c. I-21, s. 33;
  • 1992, c. 1, s. 90.