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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-312 |
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An Act to amend the National Archives of
Canada Act and the Statistics Act
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| R.S., c. 1 (3rd
Supp.); 1990,
c. 3; 1992, c.
1; 1995, c. 29
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA ACT |
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1. Section 4 of the National Archives of
Canada Act is amended by adding the
following after subsection (4):
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| Release of
census
information
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(5) Despite any other provision in this or
any other Act of Parliament or a regulation
made thereunder, the Archivist may disclose
to any person or body for research or statistical
purposes any information under the control of
the Archivist that is contained in a census of
population taken before or after the coming
into force of this section, provided that 92
years have elapsed since the census containing
the information was taken.
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| R.S., c. S-19;
1988, c. 65;
1990, c. 45;
1992, c. 1
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STATISTICS ACT |
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2. The Statistics Act is amended by adding
the following after section 21:
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TRANSFER OF CENSUS OF POPULATION TO NATIONAL ARCHIVES |
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| Transfer of
census
information
obtained after
1906 but
before this
section comes
into force
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21.1 (1) Despite any other provision in this
or any other Act of Parliament or a regulation
made thereunder, the Chief Statistician shall,
not later than 30 days after the day this section
comes into force, transfer to the National
Archivist for archival purposes, the informa
tion contained in every census of population
taken in Canada after 1906 but prior to the
coming into force of this section.
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| Transfer of
census
information
obtained after
this section
comes into
force
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(2) Despite any other provision in this or
any other Act of Parliament or a regulation
made thereunder, the Chief Statistician shall,
not later than five years following every
census taken in Canada after the coming into
force of this section, transfer the information
contained in that census to the National
Archivist for archival purposes.
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