Bill S-12

Precious Metals Marking Act

Clause 154: Existing text of the definition:

“dealer” means a person who is a manufacturer or an importer of any article to which this Act applies and any person who traffics by wholesale or retail in any such article and includes any director, manager, officer or agent of that person;

Public Documents Act

Clause 155: Existing text of section 3:

3. (1) Where letters patent under the Great Seal, other than letters patent that grant lands, or instruments under the Privy Seal of the Governor General or person administering the Government of Canada, have been issued to or in the name of the wrong person, or contain any clerical error or misnomer or wrong description of any material fact therein, the Registrar General of Canada, when authorized by the Governor in Council, may direct that the defective letters patent or instruments be cancelled, that a minute of the cancellation be entered in the margin of the registry of the original letters patent or other instruments and that correct letters patent under the Great Seal or instruments under the Privy Seal be issued in their stead.

(2) Correct letters patent or instruments issued pursuant to subsection (1) relate back to the date of those cancelled.

Standards Council of Canada Act

Clause 156: Relevant portion of section 5:

5. The Council, in carrying out its mandate and exercising its powers under section 4, may

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(b) acquire and hold real property or any interest therein and alienate that property or interest at pleasure;

(c) acquire any money, securities or other property by gift, bequest or otherwise, and expend, administer or dispose of any such money, securities or other property, subject to the terms, if any, on which the money, securities or other property is given, bequeathed or otherwise made available to the Council;

Textile Labelling Act

Clause 157: Existing text of subsection 13(1):

13. (1) In any prosecution for an offence under this Act, it is sufficient proof of the offence to establish that it was committed by an employee or agent of the accused, whether or not the employee or agent is identified or has been prosecuted for the offence, unless the accused establishes that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent its commission.

Weights and Measures Act

Clause 158: Relevant portion of subsection 26(1):

26. (1) Every dealer is guilty of an offence who sells, leases or otherwise disposes of any device that

Clause 159: Existing text of subsection 35(3):

(3) Where a corporation commits an offence under this Act, any officer, director or agent of the corporation who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or participated in the commission of the offence is a party to and guilty of the offence and is liable on conviction to the punishment provided for the offence whether or not the corporation has been prosecuted or convicted.

Clause 160: Existing text of subsection 37(1):

37. (1) In any prosecution for an offence under this Act, it is sufficient proof of the offence to establish that it was committed by an employee or agent of the accused whether or not the employee or agent is identified or has been prosecuted for the offence, unless the accused establishes that the offence was committed without the knowledge or consent of the accused and that the accused exercised all due diligence to prevent its commission.

Dominion Water Power Act

Clause 161: Existing text of subsection 7(1.2):

(1.2) For the purposes of the Expropriation Act, land or an interest in land in respect of which the Minister has granted permission under subsection (1) is deemed to be an interest in land that, in the opinion of the appropriate minister in relation to Part I of the Expropriation Act, is required for a public work or other public purpose, and a reference to the Crown in that Act shall be construed as a reference to the person to whom the Minister granted permission.

Dry Docks Subsidies Act

Clause 162: Existing text of subsection 6(3):

(3) For the purposes of the Expropriation Act, land or real property or an interest therein that the Governor in Council has approved the expropriation of under subsection (1) is deemed to be an interest in land that, in the opinion of the appropriate minister in relation to Part I of the Expropriation Act, is required for a public work or other public purpose, and a reference to the Crown in that Act shall be construed as a reference to the company.

Harbour Commissions Act

Clause 163: Existing text of subsection 23(3):

(3) For the purposes of the Expropriation Act, an interest in land that the Governor in Council has approved the expropriation of under subsection (1) is deemed to be an interest in land that, in the opinion of the appropriate minister in relation to Part I of the Expropriation Act, is required for a public work or other public purpose, and a reference to the Crown in that Act shall be construed as a reference to the Commission.

International Bridges and Tunnels Act

Clause 164: Existing text of section 12:

12. If a person requires an interest in land, as defined in section 2 of the Expropriation Act, for the purposes of the construction or alteration of an international bridge or tunnel and has unsuccessfully attempted to purchase the interest in land, the person may request the Minister to have the Minister of Public Works and Government Services have the interest in land expropriated by the Crown and section 4.1 of that Act applies to that person, with any modifications that are necessary, as if the person were a railway company.