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Version of section 5 from 2019-10-30 to 2022-03-03:


Marginal note:Prescribed days

 The following days are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 78(1) of the Act:

  • (a) Saturday;

  • (b) Sunday;

  • (c) January 1, or if January 1 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday;

  • (d) Good Friday;

  • (e) Easter Monday;

  • (f) the Monday before May 25;

  • (g) June 24, or if June 24 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday;

  • (h) July 1, or if July 1 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday;

  • (i) the first Monday in August;

  • (j) the first Monday in September;

  • (k) the second Monday in October;

  • (l) November 11, or if November 11 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday;

  • (m) December 25 and 26 or

    • (i) if December 25 falls on a Friday, that Friday and the following Monday, and

    • (ii) if December 25 falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the following Monday and Tuesday; and

  • (n) any day on which the Patent Office is closed to the public for all or part of the day during ordinary business hours.


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