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Title of the Legislative Text
Expropriation Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. E-21
Provision
10. ...
(6) Any person who may be heard at a
public hearing under this section may be represented by counsel at the
hearing.
Problem
The use of "counsel" in the English version is not appropriate for the English civil law audience when referring to both a notary and a lawyer.
Solution
In the English version, "legal" is added.
Harmonized Provision
(Amendment to the English version only)
10. ...
(6) Any person who may be heard at a public hearing
under this section may be represented by legal counsel at the
hearing.
Federal Law-Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 3, S.C. 2011, c. 21, s. 133(1).
