Proclamations, orders, regulations and appointments by a provincial government
63(1)Prima facie evidence of any proclamation, order, regulation or appointment made or issued by a Lieutenant-Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor in Council of this or any other Province of Canada, or of any Territory of Canada, or other Chief Executive Officer or Administrator for the time being of the Government of the Province or Territory, or by or under the authority of any member of the Executive Council, being the head of any department of the Government of the Province or Territory, may be given in any court or tribunal, and in all legal proceedings in respect of which the Legislature has authority to enact this provision, in any of the following modes:
(a)
by the production of a copy of the Official Gazette for the Province or Territory, purporting to contain a notice of such proclamation, order, regulation or appointment;
(b)
by the production of a copy of such proclamation, order, regulation or appointment purporting to be published or printed by or by authority of the King’s Printer, or the Government Printer for the Province or Territory; or
(c)
by the production of a copy or extract of such proclamation, order, regulation or appointment, certified to be a true copy by the clerk or assistant or acting clerk of the Executive Council, or by the head of any department of the Provincial Government or Territorial Government, or by his deputy or acting deputy, as the case may be.
63(2)All proclamations made by the Lieutenant-Governor proclaiming an enactment or any provision thereof into force shall be judicially noticed by all courts and judges in the Province.
R.S., c.74, s.55; 1955, c.45, s.1; 2005, c.Q-3.5, s.16; 2023, c.17, s.78