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E-11 - Evidence Act

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Imperial state document
72The existence and the whole or any part of the contents of an Imperial state document may be proved in any of the following modes:
(a) in the same manner as the same may from time to time be provable in any court in England;
(b) by the production of a copy of the Canada Gazette or a volume of the Acts of the Parliament of Canada purporting to contain a copy of or an extract from the same or a notice thereof;
(c) by the production of a copy thereof or an extract therefrom purporting to be printed by, or for, or by authority of, the King’s Printer for Canada or for any Province of Canada;
(d) by the production of a copy thereof purporting to be certified as a true copy by the minister or head, or by the deputy minister or deputy head, of any department of the Imperial Government or purporting to be an exemplification thereof under the Imperial Great Seal;
(e) by the production of a copy thereof or an extract therefrom purporting to be certified as a true copy or extract by the custodian of the original document or the public records from which the copy or extract purports to be made.
R.S., c.74, s.64; 1984, c.C-5.1, s.48; 2023, c.17, s.78
Imperial state document
72The existence and the whole or any part of the contents of an Imperial state document may be proved in any of the following modes:
(a) in the same manner as the same may from time to time be provable in any court in England;
(b) by the production of a copy of the Canada Gazette or a volume of the Acts of the Parliament of Canada purporting to contain a copy of or an extract from the same or a notice thereof;
(c) by the production of a copy thereof or an extract therefrom purporting to be printed by, or for, or by authority of, the Queen’s Printer for Canada or for any Province of Canada;
(d) by the production of a copy thereof purporting to be certified as a true copy by the minister or head, or by the deputy minister or deputy head, of any department of the Imperial Government or purporting to be an exemplification thereof under the Imperial Great Seal;
(e) by the production of a copy thereof or an extract therefrom purporting to be certified as a true copy or extract by the custodian of the original document or the public records from which the copy or extract purports to be made.
R.S., c.74, s.64; 1984, c.C-5.1, s.48