Publication of Statutes Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. S-21)

Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2005-04-01. Previous Versions

Publication of Statutes Act

R.S.C., 1985, c. S-21

An Act respecting the publication of Statutes

SHORT TITLE

Marginal note:Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Publication of Statutes Act.

  • R.S., c. P-40, s. 1.

INTERPRETATION

Marginal note:Definition of "Minister"

2. In this Act, “Minister” means the Minister of Public Works and Government Services.

  • R.S., 1985, c. S-21, s. 2;
  • 1996, c. 16, s. 60.

THE CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENTS

Marginal note:Clerk of the Parliaments to have custody of original Acts

3. All the original Acts passed by the Legislatures of the former Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, or of the former Province of Canada, transferred to and deposited of record in the office of the Clerk of the Senate, and all original Acts of the Parliament of Canada assented to by the Governor General, shall be and continue to remain of record in the custody of the Clerk of the Senate of Canada, who shall be known and designated as the Clerk of the Parliaments.

  • R.S., c. P-40, s. 3.
Marginal note:Seal of office

4. The Clerk of the Parliaments shall have a seal of office and shall affix the seal to certified copies of all Acts required to be produced before courts of justice, either within or outside Canada, and in any other case in which the Clerk of the Parliaments considers it expedient.

  • R.S., 1985, c. S-21, s. 4;
  • 1999, c. 31, s. 194.
Marginal note:Certified copies of Acts

5. All copies of the Acts certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments pursuant to section 4 shall be held to be duplicate originals and to be evidence of those Acts and of their contents as if printed under the authority of Parliament by the Queen’s Printer.

  • R.S., c. P-40, s. 5.

6. [Repealed, 1999, c. 31, s. 195]

Marginal note:Certified copies of Acts

7. The Clerk of the Parliaments shall furnish certified copies of any of the Acts mentioned in section 3 to any department of the federal public administration or the public service of any province or to any person applying for a copy, and on every certified copy shall, before delivering it, receive a fee of two dollars, in addition to the cost of the printed copy, if a printed copy is furnished, or in addition to a fee of ten cents for every hundred words in the copy, if the copy furnished is not printed.

  • R.S., 1985, c. S-21, s. 7;
  • 2003, c. 22, s. 215(E).
Previous Version
Marginal note:Certificate

8. The Clerk of the Parliaments shall insert at the foot of every copy of an Act required to be certified pursuant to section 7, a written certificate, duly signed and authenticated by him, to the effect that it is a true copy of the Act passed by Parliament, or by the Legislature of the former Province of Canada, or of the former Province of Upper Canada or Lower Canada, as the case may be, in the session thereof held in the ................ year of Her Majesty’s reign, and assented to in Her Majesty’s name by the Governor General or ................, as the case may be, on the ................ day of ................. .

  • R.S., c. P-40, s. 8.