Bill C-384
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SUMMARY |
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This enactment provides for consistency in the definition of ``child'',
``minor'', ``infant'' and ``adult'' in legislation, in cases where they are
used to connote age.
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This will ensure that these words are interpreted in accordance with
the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which has
been ratified by Canada. The Convention provides that ``child'' should
be defined as a person who is less than eighteen years of age.
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