Marginal note:Terres territoriales

• 17. (1) Malgré l’article 3 de la Loi sur les terres territoriales, les articles 13 à 16 et 19 de cette loi s’appliquent aux biens réels fédéraux situés au Yukon, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest ou au Nunavut.

• Marginal note:Réserves

  (2) Dans le cas des biens réels fédéraux situés au Yukon, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest ou au Nunavut et concédés en fief simple sous le régime de la présente loi, le ministre des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien est chargé de la gestion des biens réels et des droits sur ceux-ci qui, par application du paragraphe (1), font l’objet de réserves.

• Marginal note:Réserves

  (3) Lorsque tout intérêt autre que le droit de propriété en fief simple des biens réels fédéraux situés au Yukon, dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest ou au Nunavut fait l’objet d’une concession sous le régime de la présente loi, le ministre chargé de leur gestion conserve la gestion de ces biens réels et des droits sur ceux-ci qui, par l’application du paragraphe (1), font l’objet de réserves.

Marginal note:Administration by Minister

• 18. (1) Any federal real property or federal immovable acquired or leased for the purposes of a Minister’s department, including any such property acquired by way of a transfer of administration and control from Her Majesty in any right other than Canada, is under the administration of that Minister for the purposes of that department.

• Marginal note:Administration by Minister

  (2) Where a Minister has, in relation to a department, by or under any Act or any order of the Governor in Council, the “administration”, “management”, “administration and control”, “control, management and administration”, “management, charge and direction” or another similarly expressed power in relation to any federal real property or federal immovable, that property is under the administration of that Minister for the purposes of that department.

• Marginal note:Continuity of administration

  (3) Any federal real property or federal immovable that is under the administration of a Minister for the purposes of a department remains under the administration of that Minister for the purposes of that department until a change of administration is effected under section 16 or on the authority or direction of the Governor in Council.

• Marginal note:Consequences of administration

  (4) Where any federal real property or federal immovable is under the administration of a Minister for the purposes of a department, that Minister has the right to the use of that property for the purposes of that department, subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed by or under this or any other Act or any order of the Governor in Council, but is not entitled by reason only of the administration of the property to dispose of it or to retain the proceeds of its use or disposition or the fruits and revenues of its use.

• Marginal note:For greater certainty

  (5) For greater certainty, a Minister may have the administration of federal real property or federal immovables for the purposes of any department of which that Minister is the Minister.

• Marginal note:Signature is evidence

  (5.1) Despite subsections (1) to (3), if a Minister is satisfied that the federal real property or federal immovable described in an instrument or act referred to in section 5 or 11, a licence referred to in section 6 or a plan referred to in section 7 is under the Minister’s administration, that property is deemed to be under the administration of the Minister and the signature of the Minister on the instrument, act, licence or plan is conclusive evidence that the Minister is so satisfied.

• Marginal note:Administration by corporation

  (6) If, by or under any Act or any order of the Governor in Council, a corporation has, by the use of any expression mentioned in subsection (2) or any similar expression, the right to the use of any federal real property or federal immovable, and no Minister has the administration of the property, the corporation has, for the purposes of paragraphs 16(1)(g) and (h) and (2)(g), the administration of that property.

Marginal note:Defence property vested in Her Majesty

• 19. (1) Such of the real property and immovables mentioned in the schedule to the Ordnance and Admiralty Lands Act, chapter 115 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1927, as was on June 1, 1950 vested in Her Majesty, by whatever mode of conveyance it was acquired or taken and whether in fee, for life, for years or otherwise, and all the appurtenances of the real property and the accessories and dependencies of the immovables, unless disposed of since that date, continue absolutely vested in Her Majesty for the purposes of Canada in the same manner and to the same extent as on June 1, 1950.

• Marginal note:Disposition of defence property

  (2) Until the Governor in Council provides otherwise, federal real property and federal immovables that are declared by the Governor in Council to be necessary for the defence of Canada shall not be disposed of, but the Governor in Council may authorize the lease or other use of any such property as the Governor in Council thinks best for the advantage of Canada.

Marginal note:Grants or concessions to deceased persons not null or void

20. A Crown grant that is issued to or in the name of a person who is deceased is not for that reason null or void, but the title to the real property or immovable intended to be granted or conceded vests in the heirs, assigns or successors, legatees or legatees by particular title, or other legal representatives of the deceased person according to the laws in force in the province in which the property is situated as if the Crown grant had issued to or in the name of the deceased person during the person’s lifetime.

Marginal note:Correction

21. Si la concession de l’État comporte une erreur d’écriture, une fausse appellation, une description incorrecte ou défectueuse de l’immeuble ou du bien réel, une omission dans les conditions ou tout autre vice, le ministre de la Justice peut, en l’absence de revendication contraire, ordonner que la concession défectueuse soit annulée et remplacée par une concession correcte; cette dernière a dès lors la même valeur que si elle avait été octroyée à la date de la concession annulée.

Marginal note:Relief from inconsistent transactions

• 22. (1) Where, through error, inconsistent transactions relating to the same federal real property or federal immovable have been entered into, the Governor in Council may

  • (a) order a new grant of federal real property, or a new concession of a federal immovable, of such value as the Governor in Council considers just and equitable, to be made to any person deprived as a result of the error;

  • (b) make a new transfer of administration and control of federal real property, or of federal immovables, of such value as the Governor in Council considers just and equitable, to Her Majesty in any right other than Canada to provide relief from the error;

  • (c) in the case of a sale, lease or licence, order a refund to be made of any money paid on account of the sale, lease or licence, with interest at a rate established in the manner prescribed by the Governor in Council; or

  • (d) where the property was transferred by or from the original holder or has been improved before the discovery of the error, or where an original Crown grant was a free grant, order a new grant of any federal real property, or a new concession of any federal immovable, that the Governor in Council considers just and equitable to be made to the original holder.

“secured creditor”

« créancier garanti »

“secured creditor” means a person holding a mortgage, hypothec, pledge, charge or lien on or against the property of the debtor or any part of that property as security for a debt due or accruing due to the person from the debtor, or a person whose claim is based on, or secured by, a negotiable instrument held as collateral security and on which the debtor is only indirectly or secondarily liable, and includes

• (a) a person who has a right of retention or a prior claim constituting a real right, within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec or any other statute of the Province of Quebec, on or against the property of the debtor or any part of that property, or

• (b) any of

  • (i) the vendor of any property sold to the debtor under a conditional or instalment sale,

  • (ii) the purchaser of any property from the debtor subject to a right of redemption, or

  • (iii) the trustee of a trust constituted by the debtor to secure the performance of an obligation,

  if the exercise of the person’s rights is subject to the provisions of Book Six of the Civil Code of Québec entitled Prior Claims and Hypothecs that deal with the exercise of hypothecary rights;

• (c) where not otherwise provided for, require the deposit of one or more continuing guaranty bonds or continuing suretyships as security for the due accounting of all property received by trustees and for the due and faithful performance by them of their duties in the administration of estates to which they are appointed, in any amount that the Superintendent may determine, which amount may be increased or decreased as the Superintendent may deem expedient, and the security shall be in a form satisfactory to the Superintendent and may be enforced by the Superintendent for the benefit of the creditors;

• Marginal note:Proposal, etc., not to be withdrawn

  (4) No proposal or any security, guarantee or suretyship tendered with the proposal may be withdrawn pending the decision of the creditors and the court.