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E-11 - Evidence Act

Section 70
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Judicial notice
70(1)Judicial notice shall be taken of
(a) all Acts of the Imperial Parliament;
(b) all Acts of the Parliament of Canada;
(c) all ordinances made by the Governor-General in Council of Canada, or the Lieutenant-Governor in Council of any province, colony or territory that or some portion of which, forms part of Canada;
(d) all Acts of the Legislature of any such province, colony, or territory, whether enacted before or after the passing of the Constitution Act, 1867; and
(e) all statutes and Acts of the Legislature or governing body of any dominion, commonwealth, state, province, colony, territory, possession or protectorate within the British Empire.
70(2)In this section “Imperial Parliament” means the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as at present constituted, or any former kingdom that included England, whether known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland or otherwise.
R.S., c.74, s.62; 1982, c.3, s.23