An Act to amend the Judges Act (S.C. 2023, c. 18)

Marginal note:Replacement of “Minister of Justice of Canada”

• 13 (1) The Act is amended by replacing “Minister of Justice of Canada” with “Minister” in the following provisions:

  • (a) subsection 26(2);

  • (b) paragraph 26.1(1)(b);

  • (c) subsection 28(1);

  • (d) subsection 29(1);

  • (e) subsection 31(1);

  • (f) section 31.1;

  • (g) subsection 32(1);

  • (h) subsection 32.1(1);

  • (i) subsection 33(1);

  • (j) the portion of subsection 41(3) after paragraph (b);

  • (k) section 48; and

  • (l) subsections 54(1.1) to (3).

• Marginal note:Replacement of “ministre de la Justice du Canada”

  (2) The French version of the Act is amended by replacing “ministre de la Justice du Canada” with “ministre” in the following provisions:

  • (a) the portion of subsection 51(3) after paragraph (b); and

  • (b) the portion of subsection 51(4) before paragraph (a).

• Marginal note:Replacement of “Minister of Justice”

  (3) The English version of the Act is amended by replacing “Minister of Justice” with “Minister” in the following provisions:

  • (a) subsections 26(3), (4), (6) and (7); and

  • (b) the portion of subsection 51(3) after paragraph (b) and the portion of subsection 51(4) before paragraph (a).

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Ongoing inquiries and investigations

14 The Judges Act, as it read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, continues to apply in respect of any inquiry or investigation commenced under that Act before that day.

Marginal note:Inquiry requested under subsection 63(1)

• 15 (1) If an inquiry has been requested under subsection 63(1) of the Judges Act before the day on which this Act comes into force and the inquiry has not commenced before that day, the request is deemed to be a request made on that day under section 148 of that Act, as enacted by section 12 of this Act.

• Marginal note:Complaint or allegation referred to in subsection 63(2)

  (2) If a complaint or allegation referred to in subsection 63(2) of the Judges Act is made before the day on which this Act comes into force and an investigation into it has not commenced before that day, the complaint or allegation is deemed to be a complaint made on that day under subsection 86(1) of that Act, as enacted by section 12 of this Act.

• Marginal note:Inquiry requested under subsection 69(1)

  (3) If an inquiry has been requested under subsection 69(1) of the Judges Act before the day on which this Act comes into force and the inquiry has not commenced before that day, the request is deemed to be a request made on that day under section 152 of that Act, as enacted by section 12 of this Act.

Marginal note:Notice of application for leave to appeal

16 If a report made under section 65 of the Judges Act, as that section read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, contains a recommendation that a judge be removed from office, that judge may, within 30 days after that day, file a notice of application for leave to appeal the report to the Supreme Court of Canada and, if leave is granted, section 138 of that Act, as enacted by section 12 of this Act, applies with respect to the appeal.