Proclamation Giving Notice of the Coming into Force of Canada-United Kingdom Convention Respecting Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (SI/87-26)

JEANNE SAUVÉ

[L.S.]

Canada

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

To All to Whom these Presents shall come or whom the same may in anyway concern,

Greeting:

A Proclamation

Whereas pursuant to section 5 of the Canada-United Kingdom Civil and Commercial Judgments Convention Act, 1984, being chapter 32 of the Statutes of Canada, 1984, assented to on June 29, 1984, it is provided that notice of the day the Convention between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Providing for the Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters comes into force and of the day it ceases to be effective shall be given by proclamation of the Governor in Council published in the Canada Gazette;

Now Know You that We, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada, do by this Our Proclamation give notice that the said Convention between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Providing for the Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters shall come into force on January 1, 1987.

Of All Which Our Loving Subjects and all others whom these Presents may concern are hereby required to take notice and to govern themselves accordingly.

In Testimony Whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness: Our Right Trusty and Well-beloved Jeanne Sauvé, a Member of Our Privy Council for Canada, Chancellor and Principal Companion of Our Order of Canada, Chancellor and Commander of Our Order of Military Merit upon whom We have conferred Our Canadian Forces’ Decoration, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada.

At Our Government House, in Our City of Ottawa, this thirty-first day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighty-six and in the thirty-fifth year of Our Reign.