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First Session, Forty-second Parliament,

64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-382
An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (Supreme Court of Canada)

FIRST READING, October 31, 2017

Mr. Choquette

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Official Languages Act in order that the requirement to understand both official languages also apply to the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada.

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1st Session, 42nd Parliament,

64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-382

An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (Supreme Court of Canada)

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.‍S.‍, c. 31 (4th Supp.‍)

Official Languages Act

1(1)The portion of subsection 16(1) of the Official Languages Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Duty to ensure understanding without an interpreter

16(1)Every federal court has the duty to ensure that

(2)Subsection 16(3) of the Act is repealed.

Coming into Force

Order or 30 months after royal assent

2This Act comes into force on the day that, in the thirtieth month after the month in which it receives royal assent, has the same calendar number as the day on which it receives royal assent or, if that thirtieth month has no day with that number, the last day of that thirtieth month or on any earlier day that may be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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