Federal Courts Rules (SOR/98-106)

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Regulations are current to 2025-10-14 and last amended on 2022-01-13. Previous Versions

Marginal note:Actions

61 (1) Subject to subsection (4), a proceeding referred to in rule 169 shall be brought as an action.
Marginal note:Applications
(2) Subject to subsection (4), a proceeding referred to in rule 300 shall be brought as an application.
Marginal note:Appeals
(3) A proceeding referred to in rule 335 shall be brought as an appeal.
Marginal note:Exception
(4) Where by or under an Act of Parliament a person is given the option of bringing a proceeding referred to in rule 169 or 300 as either an action or an application, the person may commence the proceeding as an action or as an application.

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