Acts and Regulations

E-11 - Evidence Act

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Prima facie evidence
64Prima facie evidence of any proclamation, order, regulation or appointment, made or issued before or after the passing of this Act by the Governor-General, or by the Governor-General in Council, or other Chief Executive Officer, or Administrator for the time being of the Government of Canada, or by or under the authority of any Minister or head of any department of the Government of Canada, may be given in all courts in this Province, and in all proceedings over which the Legislature has legislative authority, in all or any of the following modes:
(a) by production of a copy of the Canada Gazette, purporting to contain a notice of any 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 for Canada;
(c) by the production, in the case of any proclamation, order or regulation issued by the Governor-General or by the Governor-General in Council or other Chief Executive Officer or Administrator, as aforesaid, of a copy or extract purporting to be certified to be a true copy thereof by the clerk, or assistant or acting clerk of the King’s Privy Council for Canada; or
(d) by the production, and in the case of any proclamation, order, regulation or appointment, made or issued by or under the authority of any such Minister or head of a department, of a copy or extract, purporting to be certified as true by the Minister, or by his deputy or acting deputy, or by the secretary or acting secretary of the department over which he presides.
R.S., c.74, s.56; 2005, c.Q-3.5, s.16; 2023, c.17, s.78
Prima facie evidence
64Prima facie evidence of any proclamation, order, regulation or appointment, made or issued before or after the passing of this Act by the Governor-General, or by the Governor-General in Council, or other Chief Executive Officer, or Administrator for the time being of the Government of Canada, or by or under the authority of any Minister or head of any department of the Government of Canada, may be given in all courts in this Province, and in all proceedings over which the Legislature has legislative authority, in all or any of the following modes:
(a) by production of a copy of the Canada Gazette, purporting to contain a notice of any 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 Queen’s Printer for Canada;
(c) by the production, in the case of any proclamation, order or regulation issued by the Governor-General or by the Governor-General in Council or other Chief Executive Officer or Administrator, as aforesaid, of a copy or extract purporting to be certified to be a true copy thereof by the clerk, or assistant or acting clerk of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada; or
(d) by the production, and in the case of any proclamation, order, regulation or appointment, made or issued by or under the authority of any such Minister or head of a department, of a copy or extract, purporting to be certified as true by the Minister, or by his deputy or acting deputy, or by the secretary or acting secretary of the department over which he presides.
R.S., c.74, s.56; 2005, c.Q-3.5, s.16