Official Languages Act

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Section 13

Cases

Farn v. The Queen, 95 DTC 5426, [1995] 1 CTC 152, [1995] DTC 5455 (FCTD)

Pinard J. found that the intent of the legislator in the pre-1995 version of s. 79(c) was placed beyond doubt by the "remarkable clarity of the...

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The Queen in Right of Canada v. Government of Manitoba, 85 DTC 5588, [1986] 1 CTC 16 (FCTD)

Joyal, J. stated: "Although a good argument may be made that the French text [of s. 44(2)(c) of the Excise Tax Act] has a disjunctive character,...

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Nitrochem Inc. v. Dep. Min. of Nat. Rev. for Customs and Excise, [1984] CTC 608 (FCA)

A device for spreading inorganic fertilizers on lawns was held to be a "manure spreader" (a term which arguably referred only to a spreader of...

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Les Magasins Continental Ltée v. The Queen, [1982] 2 F.C. 351, 81 DTC 5175, [1981] CTC 428 (C.A.)

The French version of regulation 900(1) was interpreted in light of the English version.

The Queen v. Cie Imm. BCN Ltée, 79 DTC 5068, [1979] CTC 71, [1979] 1 S.C.R. 865

S.8 of the Official Languages Act did not overrule the basic rule of statutory construction that every clause of a statute should be construed in...

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Locations of other summaries Wordcount
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 13 - Subsection 13(21) - Disposition of Property disposition by virtue of merger of leasehold interest and freehold 92
Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Interpretation/Definition Provisions detailed definition not presumed exhaustive 52

The Queen v. McLaughlin, 78 DTC 6406, [1978] CTC 602 (FCTD)

Although the word "recompense" in the French version of s. 56(1)(n) was more comprehensive than the word "prize" in the English version, it was...

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Vauban Productions v. The Queen, 75 DTC 5371, [1975] CTC 511 (FCTD), aff'd 79 DTC 5186, [1979] CTC 262 (FCA)

It was determined that there was a typographical error in the English version of the Canada-France Income Tax Convention (1951) in light of the...

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Juster v. The Queen, 74 DTC 6540, [1974] CTC 681 (FCA)

Despite the apparent narrowness of the French version of the phrase "maintaining of horses for racing", a broad construction was given to that...

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Locations of other summaries Wordcount
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 248 - Subsection 248(1) - Farming the farming definition lists tags that capture a broader range of operations than that specifically referenced 193
Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Interpretation/Definition Provisions tags captured a broader range of operations than those specifically referenced 192