Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106)

Marginal note:Material to be transmitted

• 318 (1) Within 20 days after service of a request under rule 317, the tribunal shall transmit

  • (a) a certified copy of the requested material to the Registry and to the party making the request; or

  • (b) where the material cannot be reproduced, the original material to the Registry.

• Marginal note:Objection by tribunal

  (2) Where a tribunal or party objects to a request under rule 317, the tribunal or the party shall inform all parties and the Administrator, in writing, of the reasons for the objection.

• Marginal note:Directions as to procedure

  (3) The Court may give directions to the parties and to a tribunal as to the procedure for making submissions with respect to an objection under subsection (2).

• Marginal note:Order

  (4) The Court may, after hearing submissions with respect to an objection under subsection (2), order that a certified copy, or the original, of all or part of the material requested be forwarded to the Registry.