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Official Languages Act

Version of section 7 from 2023-06-20 to 2024-11-11:


Marginal note:Legislative instruments

  •  (1) An instrument shall be made in both official languages and, if printed and published, shall be printed and published in both official languages, if it is made in the execution of a legislative power conferred by or under an Act of Parliament and

    • (a) is made by, or with the approval of, the Governor in Council or one or more ministers of the Crown;

    • (b) is required by or under an Act of Parliament to be published in the Canada Gazette; or

    • (c) is of a public and general nature.

  • Marginal note:Instruments under prerogative or other executive power

    (2) All instruments made in the exercise of a prerogative or other executive power that are of a public and general nature shall be made in both official languages and, if printed and published, shall be printed and published in both official languages.

  • Marginal note:Exceptions

    (3) Subsection (1) does not, by reason only that the ordinance, by-law, law or other instrument is of a public and general nature, apply to

    • (a) a law made by the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut, or any instrument made under any such law, or

    • (b) a by-law, law or other instrument of an Indian band, band council or other body established to perform a governmental function in relation to an Indian band or other group of aboriginal people.

  • R.S., 1985, c. 31 (4th Supp.), s. 7
  • 1993, c. 28, s. 78
  • 2002, c. 7, s. 225
  • 2014, c. 2, s. 40
  • 2023, c. 15, s. 8

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