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(b) in or above the continental shelf of
Canada
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is conclusive proof of the truth of the
statement without proof of the signature or
official character of the person appearing to
have issued the certificate.
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cannot be
compelled
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(2) A certificate referred to in subsection (1)
is admissible in evidence in proceedings
referred to in that subsection, but its
production cannot be compelled.
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| Regulations
- Minister of
Foreign
Affairs
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4.8 The Governor in Council may, on the
recommendation of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, make regulations prescribing
geographical coordinates of points from
which
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(a) in respect of a portion of the exclusive
economic zone of Canada or the continental
shelf of Canada prescribed in the
regulations, an outer limit line may be
determined, where, in the opinion of the
Governor in Council, a portion of the
exclusive economic zone of Canada or the
continental shelf of Canada determined in
accordance with paragraph 4.1(1)(a) or
4.4(1)(a) or (b) would conflict with the
territorial sea of another state or other area
of the sea in which another state has
sovereign rights or would be unreasonably
close to the coast of another state or is
otherwise inappropriate; and
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(b) the outer limit of the exclusive
economic zone of Canada or the outer edge
of the continental margin or other outer
limit of the continental shelf of Canada may
be determined.
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| Bill C-98
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(3) If Bill C-98, introduced during the
first session of the thirty-fifth Parliament
and entitled An Act respecting the oceans of
Canada, is assented to after this Act is
assented to, then,
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(a) on the day on which section 55 of that
Act comes into force, sections 4.1 to 4.8 of
this Act, as enacted by subsection (2), are
repealed; and
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(b) on the day on which section 88 of that
Act comes into force, the definitions
``Canadian waters'', ``continental shelf''
and ``exclusive economic zone'' in section
2 of this Act, as enacted by subsection (2),
are repealed.
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| Coming into
force
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213. This Act or any of its provisions
comes into force on a day or days to be fixed
by order of the Governor in Council.
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