Acts and Regulations

E-11 - Evidence Act

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Federal or provincial state document
73The existence and the whole or any part of the contents of any federal or provincial state document may be proved in any of the following modes:
(a) by the production of a copy of the Canada Gazette or of the official gazette for any province or of a volume of the Acts of the Parliament of Canada or of the legislature of any province purporting to contain a copy of the state document or an extract therefrom or a notice thereof;
(b) 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;
(c) by the production of a copy thereof or an extract therefrom, whether printed or not, purporting to be certified as a true copy or extract by the minister or head or the deputy minister or deputy head of any department of government of Canada or of any province, or by the custodian of the original document or the public records from which the copy or extract purports to be made, or purporting to be an exemplification of the state document under the Great Seal of Canada or of any province.
R.S., c.74, s.65; 1984, c.C-5.1, s.48; 2023, c.17, s.78
Federal or provincial state document
73The existence and the whole or any part of the contents of any federal or provincial state document may be proved in any of the following modes:
(a) by the production of a copy of the Canada Gazette or of the official gazette for any province or of a volume of the Acts of the Parliament of Canada or of the legislature of any province purporting to contain a copy of the state document or an extract therefrom or a notice thereof;
(b) 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;
(c) by the production of a copy thereof or an extract therefrom, whether printed or not, purporting to be certified as a true copy or extract by the minister or head or the deputy minister or deputy head of any department of government of Canada or of any province, or by the custodian of the original document or the public records from which the copy or extract purports to be made, or purporting to be an exemplification of the state document under the Great Seal of Canada or of any province.
R.S., c.74, s.65; 1984, c.C-5.1, s.48