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Update Notice
The Justice Laws are moving to a new Web site to conform to the Government of Canada's Common Look and Feel Standards for the Internet (CLF 2.0). We will be monitoring the Web site and thank you for your patience during this transition period.
Shading of Not-in-Force Provisions in Original Enactments
A new feature has been added to the consolidated Laws on the Justice Laws Web site: provisions in original enactments that are not yet in force will be shaded. As those provisions are brought into force, the shading will be removed. This will make it possible to easily identify which provisions of original enactments are or are not yet in force.
Note that this feature is effective only as of November 25, 2009 and therefore does not apply to point-in-time searches before that date.
Consolidation Official
As of June 1, 2009, all consolidated Acts and regulations on the Justice Laws Web site are “official”, meaning that they can be used for evidentiary purposes.
Amendments made to the Statute Revision Act, renamed the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act by chapter 5 of the 2000 Statutes of Canada, in force on June 1, 2009, authorize the Minister of Justice to publish an electronic consolidation of statutes and regulations and provide that the consolidation is evidence of those statutes and regulations. The Act also provides that, in the case of any inconsistency between the consolidated statute or regulation and the original or a subsequent amendment, the original or amendment prevails. For the text of the relevant provisions of the Act, click here.
Bilingual PDFs Available
A side-by-side bilingual PDF version of all Acts and regulations is now available. You can access the PDF version at the head of each page of an Act or regulation. A PDF version of certain Acts and regulations is also available on the Main page of this site and in the Frequently Accessed Laws list in the Related Resources section.
