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2nd Session, 36th Parliament, 48 Elizabeth II, 1999
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-217 |
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An Act to provide for the publication of
treaties
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SHORT TITLE |
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| Short title
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1. This Act may be cited as the Treaty
Publication Act.
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DEFINITIONS |
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| Definitions
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2. The definitions in this section apply in
this Act.
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| ``Minister'' « ministre »
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``Minister'' means the Minister of Foreign
Affairs.
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| ``reservation'' « réserve »
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``reservation'' means a unilateral statement,
however phrased or named, made by
Canada when ratifying a treaty or
purporting to exclude or to modify the legal
effect of certain provisions of the treaty in
their application to Canada.
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| ``treaty'' « traité »
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``treaty'' means an international agreement in
writing between States that is governed by
international law, whether embodied in a
single instrument or in two or more related
instruments and whatever its particular
designation, and includes a treaty amending
a treaty.
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| ``treaty
amendment'' « modification d'un traité »
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``treaty amendment'' means any act or
instrument by which Canada modifies,
amends, withdraws from or denounces a
treaty, suspends its application with respect
to Canada, formulates a reservation to it or
withdraws a reservation made previously,
or makes any other change.
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| ``treaty
ratification'' « ratification d'un traité »
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``treaty ratification'' means an act or
instrument by which Canada establishes at
the international level its consent to be
bound by a treaty and includes an exchange
of instruments, acceptance, approval and
accession to a treaty and, where consent is
expressed by the signature of Canada's
representative, the signing of the treaty.
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PUBLICATION OF TREATIES |
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| Canada
Gazette
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3. (1) Not later than twenty-one days after
a treaty is ratified, the Minister shall cause the
treaty and any treaty amendment made at the
time the treaty is ratified to be published in the
Canada Gazette.
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| Canada
Gazette
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(2) Not later than twenty-one days after a
treaty is amended subsequently to the
ratification of the treaty, the Minister shall
cause the treaty amendment to be published in
the Canada Gazette.
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| Internet
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4. (1) Subject to subsection (3), not later
than seven days after a treaty is ratified, the
Minister shall cause an electronic version of
the treaty together with any treaty amendment
made at the time the treaty is ratified to be
posted on a site of the Government of Canada
that is generally accessible to persons who
have access to what is commonly referred to
as the Internet.
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| Internet
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), not later than
seven days after a treaty is amended
subsequently to the ratification of the treaty,
the Minister shall cause an electronic version
of the treaty amendment to be posted on a site
of the Government of Canada that is generally
accessible to persons who have access to what
is commonly referred to as the Internet.
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| Access to the
Internet
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(3) The Minister shall ensure that an
electronic version of any treaty and any treaty
amendment posted on the Internet under
subsections (1) or (2) is accessible, without a
password, free and in downloadable form.
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| Canada
Treaty Series
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5. (1) Not later than three months after a
treaty is ratified, the Minister shall cause the
treaty and any treaty amendment made at the
time the treaty is ratified to be published in the
Canada Treaty Series.
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| Canada
Treaty Series
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(2) Not later than three months after a treaty
is amended subsequently to the ratification of
the treaty, the Minister shall cause the treaty
amendment to be published in the Canada
Treaty Series.
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| Copies of the
treaties to
Members of
Parliament
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6. The Minister shall ensure that Members
of Parliament and the Parliamentary Librarian
receive, as soon as possible, a copy
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