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LEGISLATIVE PROVISION [15 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
CONT

To include administrative decisions in the concept of "law" therefore implies that it is necessary in every case to begin by assessing the validity of the statutory or regulatory provision on which the decision is based.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques
CONT

L'inclusion des décisions des organismes administratifs dans la notion de «règle de droit» implique donc qu'il faut dans tous les cas évaluer d'abord la validité de la disposition législative ou réglementaire à la base de la décision.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Leyes y documentos jurídicos
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Record 2 2025-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
CONT

Legislative evolution is "the evolution of a legislative provision consisting of successive enacted versions from inception to the version in place when the relevant facts occur. "

OBS

Not to be confused with the term "legislative history," which refers to everything related to the process of adoption of a statute, including the proceedings of Parliament. Legislative evolution relates only to the previous versions of the statute itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques
CONT

Dans les situations où un texte législatif a été modifié au cours de son existence, le principal élément d'historique juridique, c'est-à-dire de l'état du droit lors de la création de la norme législative en cause, est sans contredit la ou les versions antérieures du texte législatif. En français, l'expression correcte pour référer aux versions antérieures d'une loi est historique législatif.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Actions
  • Water Transport
CONT

The legislative history clearly shows that Congress enacted the [in rem] provision to provide a last resort where in personam jurisdiction is impossible, because the domain name registrant is foreign or anonymous. Congress did not intend to provide an easy way for trademark owners to proceed in rem after jumping through a few pro forma hoops.

CONT

... so that it would appear that the class of persons entitled to proceed "in rem" for their wages is not confined within the limits of the definitions in the Merchant Shipping Acts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Actions en justice
  • Transport par eau

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

In Law, the Supreme Court held that the fact that the purpose of a legislative provision is to improve the situation of a minority or a disadvantaged group is a factor that tends to demonstrate that the provision in question is not substantively discriminatory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

La Cour suprême, dans l'arrêt Law, a statué que le fait qu'une mesure législative ait pour but d'améliorer la situation d'une minorité ou d'un groupe défavorisé constitue un facteur qui tend à démontrer que la mesure en question n'est pas substantiellement discriminatoire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
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Record 5 2010-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

Manager, Policy Advisory Services(staff of 27) responsible for the development of and advisory services concerning legislative interpretations support to operations and senior management. Also, responsible for the provision of operational policies supporting PWGSC [Public Works and Government Services Canada] 's centralization and modernization of pension services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
OBS

Titre d'un poste à Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)
CONT

The Court added that a plausible and liberal interpretation of the word "institution", based on analysis of the ordinary meaning of the wording of the provision, was not consistent with the legislative intent and so had to be rejected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)
CONT

La Cour a ajouté qu'une interprétation plausible et libérale du terme «institution», fondée sur l'analyse du seul sens ordinaire du libellé de cette disposition ne s'harmonisait pas avec l'intention du législateur et devait donc être rejetée.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • History (General)
  • Heritage
CONT

It is... important to have regard to the historical and legislative context in which subsection 19(2) of the [Canadian] Charter [of Rights and Freedoms] was enacted. That provision cannot be analysed in the abstract, without regard for the historical context of the recognition thereof or for the concerns that the manner in which they are currently applied is meant to address.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire (Généralités)
  • Patrimoine
CONT

Il importe [...] de tenir compte du contexte historique et législatif de l'adoption du paragraphe 19(2) de la Charte [canadienne des droits et libertés]. En effet, l'analyse de cette disposition ne saurait s'effectuer dans l'abstrait, sans égard au contexte qui a conduit à la reconnaissance de ces droits ou aux préoccupations auxquelles leurs modalités d'application actuelles sont censées répondre.

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
OBS

Our mission : To act as the voice of Ontario's public water supply authorities and their customers on policy, legislative and regulatory issues related to the provision of safe sustainable drinking water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Courts
CONT

In that case, which involved the interpretation of the Radiocommunication Act, the Court did a contextual and purposive analysis of the Act in order to determine whether the provision in issue was ambiguous. It concluded that it is only when genuine ambiguity arises between two or more plausible readings, each equally in accordance with the legislative intention, that the courts need to resort to the subsidiary principles of interpretation, such as the “Charter values” presumption.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Tribunaux
CONT

Dans cette affaire qui mettait en cause l'interprétation de la Loi sur la radiocommunication, la Cour s'est livrée à l'analyse contextuelle et téléologique de la loi afin de décider si la disposition en question était ambiguë. Elle a conclu que c'est uniquement lorsqu'au moins deux interprétations plausibles, qui s'harmonisent chacune également avec l'intention du législateur, créent une ambiguïté véritable que les tribunaux doivent recourir à des principes subsidiaires d'interprétation, tels que le principe de la présomption de respect des « valeurs de la Charte ».

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
OBS

a legislative drafting technique..., for instance, a provision of an enactment may refer... to another enactment or some other document for the purpose of incorporating its substance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques
OBS

[...] une technique de rédaction législative [...], le renvoi dans un texte législatif à un autre texte législatif ou [...] autre document pour en incorporer la substance.

Spanish

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Record 11 2006-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Health Law
CONT

... there is an emergency if the person for whom the treatment is proposed is apparently experiencing severe suffering or is at risk, if the treatment is not administered promptly, of sustaining serious bodily harm.

CONT

... there are some instances in which consent may not be required in order for a medical intervention to be carried out.... Only in the case of(1) an emergency, or(2) a legislative provision mandating treatment regardless of lack of consent, can treatment be provided without the consent of the patient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Lorsque la situation est urgente, c'est-à-dire lorsque l'absence de soins immédiats met en péril la vie ou la santé de l'enfant, le médecin traitant et l'établissement ont l'obligation de prodiguer les soins appropriés sans délai. L'opposition d'un des parents dans ce cas ne doit pas être considérée puisque l'urgence est une exception au principe de l'obtention de l'autorisation parentale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
  • Derecho de salud
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Record 12 2005-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Inventory and Material Management
OBS

The Government Purchasing Agency is the central procurement unit for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and is responsible for purchasing more than $250 million in goods and services annually on behalf of provincial departments and agencies. The Government Purchasing Agency is further responsible for the Central Purchasing Authority which coordinates and administers a system of high volume procurement on behalf of government funded bodies. The Agency functions under the legislative provision of the Public Tender Act. The main goal of the public tender legislation is to ensure procurement and is conducted in an open and competitive environment while maintaining fair and equitable opportunities for supplies to compete for government business.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
OBS

L'appellation française est entérinée par le Bureau des services en français, Gouvernement de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)
  • Citizenship and Immigration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Citizenship and Immigration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Citoyenneté et immigration

Spanish

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Record 15 1981-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Sector Budgeting
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)
DEF

A new and unrelated enactment or provision included in a proposed legislative measure, usually intended to "ride" or slip through.

CONT

[An] objectionable practice (...) grew up, of putting what is known as a "rider" on the appropriation bills, and thus coercing the executive to approve obnoxious legislation, or bring the wheels of the government to a stop for want of funds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)
DEF

Disposition législative étrangère, par sa nature, au domaine des lois de finances et abusivement introduite dans celles-ci pour des raisons d'opportunité.

Spanish

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