Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

Marginal note:Publication in Canada Gazette

• 5 (1) Unless the agreement has been published under subsection (2), an agreement — or the provisions respecting mutual legal assistance in criminal matters contained in a convention or other international agreement — must be published in the Canada Gazette no later than 60 days after it comes into force.

• Marginal note:Publication in Canada Treaty Series

  (2) An agreement — or the provisions respecting mutual legal assistance in criminal matters contained in a convention or other international agreement — may be published in the Canada Treaty Series and, if so published, the publication must be no later than 60 days after it comes into force.

• Marginal note:Judicial notice

  (3) Agreements and provisions published in the Canada Gazette or the Canada Treaty Series are to be judicially noticed.