Bill C-380
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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-380 |
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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.)
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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 Act
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
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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 INFORMATION 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
Act 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 information 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 Act
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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