PART 4
DRAFTING AND FORMAT RULES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION

• A

  • ABBREVIATIONS: INITIALISMS AND ACRONYMS
  • ADAPTATION OF A STATUTE
  • AGREEMENTS, CONVENTIONS, TREATIES AND SIMILAR DOCUMENTS
  • AMENDING CLAUSES
  • AMENDING REGULATIONS

• C

  • CAPITAL AND LOWER CASE LETTERS
  • CITATION OF STATUTES
  • COMING-INTO-FORCE ORDERS
  • COMING-INTO-FORCE PROVISIONS
  • CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
  • CROSS-REFERENCES

• D

  • DATES
  • DEFINITIONS
  • DIVISION OF REGULATIONS
  • "DUE TO"

• E

  • ELLIPSES
  • EXPLANATORY NOTE

• F

  • FEES AND TAXES
  • FINES AND IMPRISONMENT
  • FOOTNOTES

• G

  • "GREATER OR LESSER OF X AND Y"

• I

  • INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI)
  • ITALICS

• L

  • LATIN EXPRESSIONS

• M

  • MARGINAL NOTES
  • MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS
  • MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENT REGULATIONS

• N

  • NOTICE OF PREPUBLICATION
  • NUMBERING
  • NUMBERS

• O

  • ORDERS IN COUNCIL AND OTHER EXECUTIVE ORDERS

• P

  • "PROVIDED THAT"
  • PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES: ORDER OF LISTING
  • PUNCTUATION

• R

  • RECOMMENDATION OF THE MINISTER
  • RECOMMENDATION OF THE TREASURY BOARD
  • REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT (RIAS)
  • REMISSION ORDERS

• S

  • SCHEDULES TO REGULATIONS

• T

  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • TERMINOLOGY
  • TIME LIMITS
  • TITLE OF REGULATIONS

• V

  • VERB FORMS

• W

  • "WITH ANY NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS"

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