(13.) lieutenant governor' means the lieutenant governor 'Lieutenant for the time being, or other chief executive officer or Governor.' administrator for the time being, carrying on the government of the province indicated by the Act, by whatever title he is designated;

(14.) 'lieutenant governor in council' means the lieutenant Lieutenant governor, or person administering the government of the Governor in province indicated by the Act, for the time being, acting

by and with the advice of, or by and with the advice and consent of, or in conjunction with the executive council of such province;

(15.) magistrate' means a justice of the peace; (16.) 'month' means a calendar month;

Council.'

'Magistrate.' 'Month.'

(17.) the name commonly applied to any country, place, Names.
body, corporation, society, officer, functionary, person,
or thing, means such country, place, body, corporation,
society, officer, functionary, person or thing, although such
name is not the formal and extended designation thereof;
(18.) now' or 'next' shall be construed as having refer- Now,
ence to the time when the Act was presented for the Royal
Assent;

" next.'

(19.) oath includes a solemn affirmation or declaration, 'Oath.'
whenever the context applies to any person and case by
whom and in which a solemn affirmation or declaration
may be made instead of an oath; and in like cases the
expression 'sworn' includes the expression affirmed' or
'declared';

(20.) person' includes any body corporate and politic, and 'Person.' the heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives of such person, according to the law of that part of Canada to which the context extends;

(21.) proclamation' means a proclamation under the Great ProclamaSeal;

(22.)

tion.'

province' includes the Northwest Territories as now 'Province.' or heretofore constituted, the district of Keewatin, and the Yukon Territory;

(23.) 'registrar' or register' means and includes indiffer- 'Registrar.' ently registrars or registers in the several provinces of Canada;

(24) shall is to be construed as imperative, and 'may''Shall,' as permissive;

may.'

declaration.'

(25.) 'statutory declaration' means a solemn declaration Statutory made by virtue of the Canada Evidence Act;

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(26.) superior court' means,—

(a) in the province of Ontario, the Court of Appeal for
Ontario, and the High Court of Justice for Ontario;
(b) in the province of Quebec, the Court of King's Bench,
and the Superior Court for the said province;
(c) in the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
British Columbia and Prince Edward Island, the Su-
preme Court for each of the said provinces respectively;

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(d)

'Superior court.'

Sureties,' 'security.'

'Two justices.'

'United Kingdom.'

'United States.'

'Writing.'

'Minister of Finance.'

'Telegraph.'

Expressions in instru

ments to have same meaning.

(d) in the province of Manitoba, His Majesty's Court of
King's Bench for the said province;
(e) in the province of Saskatchewan, the Supreme Court
of the Northwest Territories, or, after the abolition of
the said Court in the said province, such court as may
be established by the legislature of the said province in
lieu thereof;

(f) in the province of Alberta, the Supreme Court of the
Northwest Territories, or, after the abolition of the said
Court in the said province, such court as may be estab-
lished by the legislature of the said province in lieu
thereof; and,

(g) in the Yukon Territory, the Territorial Court; (27.) 'sureties' means sufficient sureties, and the expression security' means sufficient security; and, whenever these words are used, one person shall be sufficient therefor, unless otherwise expressly required;

(28.) 'two justices' means two or more justices of the peace, assembled or acting together;

(29.) the United Kingdom' means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;

(30.) the United States' means the United States of America;

(31.) 'writing,' 'written,' or any term of like import, includes words printed, painted, engraved, lithographed or otherwise traced or copied. R.S., c. 1, s. 7; 56 V., c. 30, s. 1; 57-58 V., c. 55, s. 1; 1 E. VII., c. 11, s. 1, c. 12, s. 3, and c. 41, s. 12.

35. The expression Minister of Finance or Receiver General' in any Act, or in any document, means the Minister of Finance and Receiver General, and the expression Deputy Minister of Finance' or 'Deputy Receiver General' in any Act or document means the Deputy Minister of Finance and Receiver General. R.S., c. 28, s. 1.

36. The expression telegraph' and its derivatives in any Act of the Parliament of Canada, or in any Act of the legislature of any province now forming part of Canada, passed before such province entered into the Union, on any subject which is within the legislative powers of the Parliament of Canada, shall not be deemed to include the word 'telephone'’ or its derivatives. R.S., c. 132, s. 10.

37. Where any Act confers power to make, grant or issue any instrument, that is to say, any order in council, order, warrant, scheme, letters patent, rule, regulation, or by-law, expressions used in the instrument shall, unless the contrary intention appears, have the same respective meanings as in the Act conferring the power. 6 E. VII., c. 21, s. 5.

FISCAL YEAR-POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

38. Whenever in any Act of the Parliament of Canada, Change of passed previously to the thirteenth day of July, one thousand dates. nine hundred and six, a day or time is designated for any purpose, and the Governor in Council is of opinion that the day or time so designated was fixed because of its relation to the fiscal year as then constituted, or that the day or time designated for such purpose should bear a corresponding relation to the fiscal year as constituted by the Act passed in the sixth year of His Majesty's reign, intituled An Act respecting the Fiscal Year, chapter twelve, the Governor in Council may, by proclamation, declare that the day or the time fixed for such purpose shall be changed so that it shall bear to the fiscal year, as constituted by the said Act, the same relation as the day or time previously designated bore to the said previous fiscal year. 6 E. VII., c. 12, ss. 1 and 4.

CITATION OF ACTS.

39. In any Act, instrument or document, an Act may be How. cited by reference to its short title, if any, either with or without reference to the chapter, or by reference to the regnal year, or the year of our Lord in which it was passed.

2. Any such citation of or reference to any Act, shall, unless Includes the contrary intention appears, be deemed to be a citation of amendments. or reference to such Act as amended. R.S., c. 1, s. 8; 6 E.

VII., c. 21, s. 6.

OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty.

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CHAPTER 2.

An Act respecting the publication of the Statutes.

SHORT TITLE.

1. This Act may be cited as the Publication of Statutes Act. Short title.

THE CLERK OF THE PARLIAMENTS.

to have

2. All the original Acts passed by the Legislatures of the late Clerk of the provinces of Upper or Lower Canada, or of the late province Parliaments of Canada, transferred to and deposited of record in the office custody of of the Clerk of the Senate, and also all original Acts of the Par- certain original liament of Canada heretofore assented to, or hereafter assented documents. to by the Governor General, and all Bills reserved for the signification of the King's pleasure, and assented to or disallowed by the King in Council, shall be and continue to remain of record in the custody of the Clerk of the Senate of Canada, who shall be known and designated as the Clerk of the Parliaments. R.S., c. 2, s. 1.

of office.

3. The Clerk of the Parliaments shall have a seal of office, To have and and shall affix the same to certified copies of all Acts intended use a seal for the Governor General or Registrar General of Canada, or required to be produced before courts of justice, either within or beyond the limits of Canada, and in any other case in which the said Clerk deems it expedient. R.S., c. 2, s. 2.

Acts to

4. All copies of the Acts hereinbefore referred to, so certified Certified by the Clerk of the Parliaments, shall be held to be duplicate copies of be originals, and also to be evidence of such Acts and of their con- held to be tents, as if printed under the authority of Parliament by the duplicate King's Printer. R.S., c. 2, s. 3.

originals.

General and
Registrar

5. As soon as practicable after the prorogation of every Copies for session of Parliament, the Clerk of the Parliaments shall obtain Governor from the King's Printer a sufficient number of bound copies of the Statutes of Canada passed during such session of Parlia- General. ment, and shall deliver to the Governor General one copy duly certified, for transmission to one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, as required by The British North America Act, 1867, together with certified copies of all Bills reserved for the signification of the King's pleasure, and he shall also deliver