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RECOMMENDATION

His Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled ``An Act to amend the Nunavut Act with respect to the Nunavut Court of Justice and to amend other Acts in consequence''.

SUMMARY

In response to a request made to the Minister of Justice by the parties to the Nunavut Political Accord entered into on October 30, 1992, and with the support of other Nunavut organizations, this enactment creates a single-level trial court system for the Territory of Nunavut in order to provide an efficient and accessible court structure capable of responding to the unique needs of Nunavut while, at the same time, maintaining substantive and procedural rights equivalent to those enjoyed elsewhere in Canada.

It amends the Nunavut Act to establish a single-level trial court, at the superior court level, to be known as the Nunavut Court of Justice.

It amends the Judges Act to provide for three superior court judges on the Nunavut Court of Justice and also to provide for full membership in the Canadian Judicial Council for the senior judge of each of the territories.

It amends the Criminal Code to provide for new structures and procedures for the Nunavut Court of Justice in the following areas:

    - jurisdiction of the judges;

    - summary conviction appeals;

    - a new statutory form of review;

    - judicial interim release; and

    - elections as to mode of trial.

It amends the Young Offenders Act to ensure adequate structures and procedures for a single-level trial court, consistent with the new structures and procedures in the Criminal Code.

It also makes consequential amendments to various other federal statutes.

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Nunavut Act

Clause 1: Section 10 reads as follows:

10. If both the Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner are absent, ill or unable to act or both those offices are vacant, the judge of the Supreme Court of Nunavut with the earliest date of appointment to the Court has and may exercise and perform all of the powers, duties and functions of the Commissioner.

Clause 2: Subsection 31(1) reads as follows:

31. (1) The Supreme Court of Nunavut and the Court of Appeal of Nunavut are established as superior courts that have and may exercise in relation to Nunavut all the powers and jurisdiction that the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories, respectively, had immediately before the day that section 3 comes into force.

Clause 3: Section 32 and the heading before it read as follows:

Supreme Court of Nunavut

32. The judges of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory and of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories are, by virtue of those offices, judges of the Supreme Court of Nunavut.

Clause 4: (1) Subsection 33(1) reads as follows:

33. (1) The Governor in Council may appoint any person who is or has been a judge of a superior court in Canada or a barrister or advocate of at least ten years standing at the bar of any province as a deputy judge of the Supreme Court of Nunavut and may fix that person's remuneration and allowances.

(2) Subsection 33(4) reads as follows:

(4) A deputy judge, while in office, has and may exercise and perform all the powers, duties and functions of a judge of that Court and any reference to a judge of the Supreme Court of Nunavut is deemed to include a reference to the deputy judge.

Clause 5: Section 34 reads as follows:

34. Where any law in force in Nunavut provides that a power, duty or function is to be exercised or performed by a provincial court judge or a stipendiary magistrate, the power, duty or function may be exercised or performed by a judge of the Supreme Court of Nunavut or, if the power, duty or function is within the jurisdiction given to a judge of any other territorial court pursuant to this Act, by the judge of that other court.

Clause 6: Subsection 35(1) reads as follows:

35. (1) A judge of the Supreme Court of Nunavut has and may exercise and perform, anywhere in Canada, all the powers, duties and functions of the Court with respect to any criminal offence committed or charged to have been committed in Nunavut.

Clause 7: (1) Subsection 76.06(2) reads as follows:

(2) For greater certainty, subsection (1) applies to a territorial court, other than a superior court. Subsection 76.05(6) does not apply to territorial courts.

(2) New.

(3) The relevant portion of subsection 76.06(5) reads as follows:

(5) The division may occur by

    . . .

    (b) in the absence of an agreement, an order of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories on an application by either office or body made on or after the day that is one year after that day.

Clause 8: (1) Section 76.1 reads as follows:

76.1 (1) A court, judge or justice of Nunavut has jurisdiction over any matter commenced, on or after the day that section 3 comes into force, even if the events giving rise to the matter occurred before that day, to the extent that it would have been within the jurisdiction of that court, judge or justice had those events occurred after that day.

(2) A court, judge or justice of the Northwest Territories retains jurisdiction, until all appeals or reviews are exhausted, over any matter commenced before the day that section 3 comes into force, if it would have been within the jurisdiction of a court, judge or justice of Nunavut had it commenced after that day.

(2) New.

Clause 9: Section 76.11 reads as follows:

76.11 (1) A court, judge or justice of the Northwest Territories may, by order, transfer any matter referred to in subsection 76.1(2) to a court, judge or justice of competent jurisdiction of Nunavut at the same level, if the court, judge or justice of the Northwest Territories is satisfied that the transfer is in the interests of the administration of justice and the parties consent.

(2) If a court, judge or justice makes an order under subsection (1), the order shall provide for the transfer of the record and any material relating to the matter to the court, judge or justice to which the matter is to be transferred or to an appropriate officer of Nunavut.

(3) A record that is transferred by an order made under subsection (2) is deemed to be part of the record of the court, judge or justice to which the matter is transferred. Any order or decision made or document issued by a court, judge or justice of the Northwest Territories in relation to the matter that is transferred is deemed to have been made or issued by a court, judge or justice of competent jurisdiction of Nunavut.

Clause 10: (1) Subsection 76.12(1) reads as follows:

76.12 (1) For any matter referred to in section 76.1 or 76.11, the territorial courts, including superior courts,

    (a) of the Northwest Territories may exercise and perform all their powers, duties and functions in any place in both the Northwest Territories and Nunavut; and

    (b) of Nunavut may exercise and perform all their powers, duties and functions in any place in Nunavut and, unless the laws of the Legislature made after the coming into force of section 3 provide otherwise, in the Northwest Territories.

(2) Subsections 76.12(2) and (3) read as follows:

(2) The laws that apply to a matter before a court, judge or justice referred to in subsection (1), wherever the court, judge or justice is sitting, are

    (a) the laws that apply to matters in Nunavut, if the courts, judges or justices of Nunavut have jurisdiction over the matter; and

    (b) the laws that apply to matters in the Northwest Territories, if the courts, judges or justices of the Northwest Territories have jurisdic tion over the matter.

(3) Any judgment, conviction, sentence or order pronounced or made in any matter referred to in subsection (1) may be enforced or executed at any place in Nunavut or the Northwest Territories as the court with jurisdiction over the matter may direct, and the proper officers of the territory in which the judgment, conviction, sentence or order is to be enforced or executed may exercise all powers and authority necessary for that purpose.

Clause 11: Section 34 of the Northwest Territories Act, as enacted by section 77.2 of the Nunavut Act, reads as follows:

34. A judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or the Supreme Court of Nunavut is ex officio a judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories.

Aeronautics Act

Clause 13: The relevant portion of the definition ``superior court'' in subsection 3(1) reads as follows:

``superior court'' means

      . . .

      (e) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof;

Bank Act

Clause 14: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in section 2 reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (f) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof;

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act

Clause 15: The relevant portion of subsection 183(1) reads as follows:

183. (1) The following courts are invested with such jurisdiction at law and in equity as will enable them to exercise original, auxiliary and ancillary jurisdiction in bankruptcy and in other proceedings authorized by this Act during their respective terms, as they are now, or may be hereafter, held, and in vacation and in chambers:

    . . .

    (h) in the Yukon Territory or the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof.

Canada Business Corporations Act

Clause 16: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in subsection 2(1) reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (e) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof;

Canada Corporations Act

Clause 17: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in subsection 3(1) reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (d) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court;

Canada Marine Act

Clause 18: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in section 103 reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (f) the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories; and

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act

Clause 19: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in section 2 reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (f) in the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, the Supreme Court.

Canada Transportation Act

Clause 20: (1) and (2) The relevant portion of the definition ``superior court'' in section 6 reads as follows:

``superior court'' means

      . . .

      (d) in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and, after section 3 of the Nunavut Act comes into force, Nunavut, the Supreme Court, and

Coasting Trade Act

Clause 21: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in subsection 16(22) reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (f) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof, and

Companies' Creditors Arrangements Act

Clause 22: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in section 2 reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (d) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court;

Dominion Controverted Elections Act

Clause 23: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in subsection 2(1) reads as follows:

``court'', with respect to elections in the provinces or territories, means respectively the following courts, or any judge thereof:

      . . .

      (k) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court;

Cooperative Credit Associations Act

Clause 24: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in section 2 reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (f) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof;

Criminal Code

Clause 25: The relevant portion of the definition ``superior court of criminal jurisdiction'' in section 2 reads as follows:

``superior court of criminal jurisdiction'' means

Clause 26: The relevant portion of the definition ``appeal court'' in subsection 100(11) reads as follows:

``appeal court'' means

Clause 27: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in subsection 164(8) reads as follows:

``court'' means

Clause 28: The relevant portion of subsection 188(4) reads as follows:

(4) In this section, ``Chief Justice'' means

    . . .

    (f) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the judge of the Supreme Court with the earliest date of appointment to the court in question.

Clause 29: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in subsection 320(8) reads as follows:

``court'' means

Clause 30: (1) and (2) The relevant portion of the definition ``judge'' in section 493 reads as follows:

``judge'' means

      . . .

      (e) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court;

Clause 31: Subsection 520(1) reads as follows:

520. (1) Where a justice makes an order under subsection 515(2), (5), (6), (7), (8) or (12) or makes or vacates any order under paragraph 523(2)(b), the accused may, at any time before the trial of the charge, apply to a judge for a review of the order made by the justice.

Clause 32: Subsection 521(1) reads as follows:

521. (1) Where a justice makes an order under subsection 515(1), (2), (7), (8) or (12) or makes or vacates any order under paragraph 523(2)(b), the prosecutor may, at any time before the trial of the charge, apply to a judge for a review of the order made by the justice.

Clause 33: Subsection 524(13) reads as follows:

(13) Section 520 applies in respect of any order made under subsection (8) or (9) as though the order were an order made by a justice under subsection 515(2) or (5), and section 521 applies in respect of any order made under subsection (9) as though the order were an order made by a justice under subsection 515(2).

Clause 34: (1) and (2) The relevant portion of subsection 530(1) reads as follows:

530. (1) On application by an accused whose language is one of the official languages of Canada, made not later than

    . . .

    (b) the time of his election, if the accused elects under section 536 to be tried by a provincial court judge, or

    (c) the time when the accused is ordered to stand trial, if the accused

      . . .

      (iii) is deemed to have elected to be tried by a court composed of a judge and jury,

a justice of the peace or provincial court judge shall grant an order di recting that the accused be tried before a justice of the peace, provincial court judge, judge or judge and jury, as the case may be, who speak the official language of Canada that is the language of the accused or, if the circumstances warrant, who speak both official languages of Canada.

Clause 35: New.

Clause 36: (1) and (2) The relevant portion of the definition ``judge'' in section 552 reads as follows:

``judge'' means,

      . . .

      (i) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court.

Clause 37: The relevant portion of section 553 reads as follows:

553. The jurisdiction of a provincial court judge to try an accused is absolute and does not depend on the consent of the accused where the accused is charged in an information

Clause 38: Section 554 reads as follows:

554. (1) Where an accused is charged in an information with an indictable offence other than an offence that is mentioned in section 469, and the offence is not one over which a provincial court judge has absolute jurisdiction under section 553, a provincial court judge may try the accused if the accused elects to be tried by a provincial court judge.

Clause 39: New.

Clause 40: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 556(2) reads as follows:

(2) Where an accused corporation does not appear pursuant to a summons and service of the summons on the corporation is proved, the provincial court judge

(2) Subsection 556(3) reads as follows:

(3) Where an accused corporation appears but does not elect when put to an election under subsection 536(2), the provincial court judge shall hold a preliminary inquiry in accordance with Part XVIII.

Clause 41: Sections 557 and 558 read as follows:

557. Where an accused is tried by a provincial court judge in accordance with this Part, the evidence of witnesses for the prosecutor and the accused shall be taken in accordance with the provisions of Part XVIII relating to preliminary inquiries.

Jurisdiction of Judges

Judge's Jurisdiction with Consent

558. Where an accused who is charged with an indictable offence, other than an offence listed in section 469, elects under section 536 or re-elects under section 561 to be tried by a judge without a jury, the accused shall, subject to this Part, be tried by a judge without a jury.

Clause 42: The relevant portion of subsection 560(1) reads as follows:

560. (1) Where an accused elects, under section 536 to be tried by a judge without a jury, a judge having jurisdiction shall,

Clauses 43 to 45: New.

Clause 46: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 565(1) reads as follows:

565. (1) Where an accused is ordered to stand trial for an offence that, under this Part, may be tried by a judge without a jury, the accused shall, for the purposes of the provisions of this Part relating to election and re-election, be deemed to have elected to be tried by a court composed of a judge and jury if

(2) New.

(3) Subsection 565(4) reads as follows:

(4) Subsections 561(6) and (7) apply to a re-election made under subsection (3).

Clauses 47 to 50: New.

Clause 51: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 598(1) reads as follows:

598. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, where a person to whom subsection 597(1) applies has elected or is deemed to have elected to be tried by a court composed of a judge and jury and, at the time he failed to appear or to remain in attendance for his trial, he had not re-elected to be tried by a court composed of a judge without a jury or a provincial court judge without a jury, he shall not be tried by a court composed of a judge and jury unless

    . . .

    (b) the Attorney General requires pursuant to section 568 that the accused be tried by a court composed of a judge and jury.

(2) Subsection 598(2) reads as follows:

(2) An accused who, pursuant to subsection (1), may not be tried by a court composed of a judge and jury is deemed to have elected under section 536 to be tried by a judge of the court in which he is indicted without a jury and section 561 does not apply in respect of the accused.

Clause 52: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 686(5) reads as follows:

(5) Where an appeal is taken in respect of proceedings under Part XIX and the court of appeal orders a new trial under this Part, the following provisions apply:

(2) New.

(3) The relevant portion of subsection 686(5.1) reads as follows:

(5.1) Where a new trial ordered by the court of appeal is to be held before a court composed of a judge and jury,

(4) New.

Clause 53: Subsection 745.64(2) reads as follows:

(2) When the appropriate Chief Justice is designating a judge of the superior court of criminal jurisdiction, for the purpose of a judicial screening under subsection 745.61(1) or to empanel a jury to hear an application under subsection 745.61(5), in respect of a conviction that took place in the Yukon Territory or the Northwest Territories, the appropriate Chief Justice may designate the judge from the Court of Appeal or the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or Northwest Territories, as the case may be.

Clause 55: (1) to (4) The relevant portion of section 812 reads as follows:

812. For the purposes of sections 813 to 828, ``appeal court'' means

    . . .

    (h) in the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court thereof.

Clause 56: Section 829 reads as follows:

829. For the purposes of sections 830 to 838, ``appeal court'' means, in any province, the superior court of criminal jurisdiction for the province.

Clause 57: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 839(1) reads as follows:

839. (1) An appeal to the court of appeal as defined in section 673 may, with leave of that court or a judge thereof, be taken on any ground that involves a question of law alone, against

(2) New.

Customs Act

Clause 59: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in subsection 71(2) reads as follows:

``court'' means

Clause 60: The relevant portion of subsection 138(5) reads as follows:

(5) In this section and sections 139 and 140, ``court'' means

Divorce Act

Clause 61: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in subsection 2(1) reads as follows:

``court'', in respect of a province, means

      . . .

      (e) for the Yukon Territory or the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof,

Canada Elections Act

Clause 62: The relevant portion of the definition ``judge'' or ``the judge'' in subsection 2(1) reads as follows:

``judge'' or ``the judge'', when used to define the judicial officer on whom is conferred specific powers, means,

Financial Administration Act

Clause 63: The relevant portion of subsection 118(2) reads as follows:

(2) In this section, ``court'' means

    . . .

    (e) in the Yukon Territory or the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof.

Firearms Act

Clause 64: New.

Fisheries Act

Clause 65: The relevant portion of the definition ``judge'' in section 74 reads as follows:

``judge'' means

Fugitive Offenders Act

Clause 66: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in section 2 reads as follows:

``court'' means,

Immigration Act

Clause 67: The relevant portion of the definition ``judge'' in subsection 93.1(9) reads as follows:

``judge'' means

      . . .

      (e) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court thereof.

Clause 68: The relevant portion of the definition ``judge'' in subsection 102.2(9) reads as follows:

``judge'' means

      . . .

      (e) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court thereof.

Indian Act

Clause 69: The relevant portion of subsection 14.3(5) reads as follows:

(5) An appeal may be heard under this section

Insurance Companies Act

Clause 70: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in subsection 2(1) reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (f) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof;

Interpretation Act

Clause 71: The relevant portion of the definition ``superior court'' in subsection 35(1) reads as follows:

``superior court'' means

      . . .

      (e) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof,

    and includes the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court;

Judges Act

Clause 72: Subsection 22(2.1) is new. Subsection 22(3) reads as follows:

(3) In this section, ``senior judge'' means the judge with the earlier date of appointment to the court in question.

Clause 73: (1) Subsection 27(2) reads as follows:

(2) There shall be paid to each judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory and each judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories who is in receipt of a salary under this Act, in addition to the allowance provided by subsection (1), a non-accountable yearly allowance of $6,000 as compensation for the higher cost of living in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories.

(2) Subsection 27(6) reads as follows:

(6) A chief justice or chief judge, a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Yukon Territory, the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories, the senior judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory and the senior judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories are entitled to be paid, as a representational allowance, reasonable travel and other expenses actually incurred by the justice or judge or the spouse of the justice or judge in discharging the special extra-judicial obligations and responsibilities that devolve on the justice or judge, to the extent that those expenses may not be reimbursed under any other provision of this Act and their aggregate amount does not exceed in any year the maximum amount indicated in respect of each office in subsection (7).

(3) The relevant portion of subsection 27(7) reads as follows:

(7) The maximum yearly amounts of the representational allowance referred to in subsection (6) are as follows:

    . . .

    (e) The senior judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory and the senior judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, each $5,000

(4) The definition ``senior judge'' in subsection 27(9) reads as follows:

``senior judge'' of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories means the judge with the earlier date of appointment to the court in question.

Clause 74: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 29(3) reads as follows:

(3) A judge who has made the election referred to in subsection (1) shall hold himself available to perform such special judicial duties as may be assigned to the judge

    . . .

    (b) in the case of a supernumerary judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, by the senior judge of that Court.

(2) Subsection 29(6) reads as follows:

(6) In this section, ``senior judge'' of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories means the judge with the earlier date of appointment to the court in question.

Clause 75: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 40(1) reads as follows:

40. (1) A removal allowance shall be paid to

    . . .

    (c) a judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories who, within two years after retiring or resigning from that office, moves to a place of residence in one of the ten provinces;

    (d) the surviving spouse or child, as defined in subsection 47(1), of a judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories who dies while holding office as such, where the surviving spouse or child, within two years after the death, moves to a place of residence in one of the ten provinces;

(2) Subsection 40(1.1) reads as follows:

(1.1) Paragraphs (1)(c) and (d) apply only in respect of a judge who resided in one of the ten provinces at the time of appointment to the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, as the case may be.

Clause 76: Subsection 54(4) reads as follows:

(4) In this section, ``senior judge'', in respect of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, means the judge with the earliest date of appointment to the Court in question.

Clause 77: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 59(1) reads as follows:

59. (1) There is hereby established a Council, to be known as the Canadian Judicial Council, consisting of

    . . .

    (c) subject to subsection (2), one of the senior judges, as defined in subsection 22(3), of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory and the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories;

(2) Subsections 59(2) and (3) read as follows:

(2) The senior judges referred to in paragraph (1)(c) shall succeed each other on the Council every two years.

(3) In the event of the death or resignation of a senior judge referred to in paragraph (1)(c) during the term of that judge on the Council, the judge who succeeds that judge as senior judge of the same court shall become a member of the Council for the remainder of the term.

Land Titles Act

Clause 78: Section 101 reads as follows:

101. Proceedings to enforce payment of moneys secured by a mortgage or encumbrance, to enforce the observance of the covenants, agreements, stipulations or conditions contained in any mortgage or encumbrance, for the sale of the lands mortgaged or encumbered or to foreclose the estate, interest or claim of any person in or on the land mortgaged or encumbered, as well as proceedings to redeem or discharge any land from any mortgage or encumbrance, shall be had and taken in the Yukon Territory, in the Supreme Court, and in the Northwest Territories, in the Supreme Court.

Canada Lands Surveys Act

Clause 79: (1) The relevant portion of subsection 41(2) reads as follows:

(2) The Minister or the Commissioner shall prepare a notice of decision setting forth

    . . .

    (c) that any person to whom the notice of decision is mailed has a right of appeal from the decision to the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or of the Northwest Territories, as the case may be, within sixty days after the date of the notice; and

(2) Subsection 41(4) reads as follows:

(4) Any person to whom a notice of decision is mailed under this section may, within sixty days after the date of the notice of decision and if within that time the person serves the Minister or the Commissioner with a notice of appeal, appeal from the decision of the Minister or the Commissioner to the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory or of the Northwest Territories, as the case may be.

Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act

Clause 80: The relevant portion of the definition ``judge'' in subsection 2(1) reads as follows:

``judge'' means

      . . .

      (d) in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Newfoundland, the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Supreme Court;

An Act to amend the Nunavut Act and the Constitution Act, 1867

Clause 81: The relevant portion of section 50 reads as follows:

50. If Bill C-9, introduced in the first session of the thirty-sixth Parliament and entitled An Act for making the system of Canadian ports competitive, efficient and commercially oriented, providing for the establishing of port authorities and the divesting of certain harbours and ports, for the commercialization of the St. Lawrence Seaway and ferry services and other matters related to maritime trade and transport and amending the Pilotage Act and amending and repealing other Acts as a consequence (in this section referred to as ``that Act''), is assented to, then

    (a) on the later of the day that that Act is assented to and the day that section 3 of the Nunavut Act comes into force, paragraph (f) of the definition ``court'' in section 103 of that Act is replaced by the following:

      (f) the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut; and

Railway Safety Act

Clause 82: The relevant portion of the definition ``superior court'' in subsection 4(1) reads as follows:

``superior court'' means

      . . .

      (e) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof;

Territorial Lands Act

Clause 83: The definition ``judge of the Court'' in section 2 reads as follows:

``judge of the Court'' means, in relation to any matter arising in the Yu kon Territory, a judge of the Supreme Court thereof, and, in relation to any matter arising in the Northwest Territories, a judge of the Su preme Court thereof;

Trust and Loan Companies Act

Clause 84: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in section 2 reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (f) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof;

Winding-up and Restructuring Act

Clause 85: The relevant portion of the definition ``court'' in section 2 reads as follows:

``court'' means

      . . .

      (d) in the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court thereof;

Young Offenders Act

Clause 86: New.

Clause 87: Subsection 12(4) reads as follows:

(4) Where the youth court is not satisfied that a young person understands the charge against him, as required under paragraph (3)(a), the court shall enter a plea of not guilty on behalf of the young person and shall proceed with the trial in accordance with subsection 19(2).

Clauses 88 and 89: New.

Yukon Act

Clause 90: Section 34 reads as follows:

34. A judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories is ex officio a judge of the Supreme Court of the Yukon Territory.