Bill C-281
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1st Session, 37th Parliament, 49-50 Elizabeth II, 2001
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House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-281 |
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An Act to amend the Canada Evidence Act
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| R.S., c. C-5
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CANADA EVIDENCE ACT |
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1. The Canada Evidence Act is amended
by adding the following after section 30:
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| Construing
numeric dates
in documents
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30.1 (1) Where a date in a document that is
expressed as three groups of numerals is in
dispute in any legal proceeding, the date shall
be construed as if the year is first, the month
is second and the day is third unless a contrary
intention is expressed in the document.
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| Definition of
``legal
proceeding''
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(2) In this section, ``legal proceeding''
means any civil or criminal proceeding or
inquiry in which evidence is or may be given,
and includes an arbitration.
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