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Bijural Terminology Records

Common Law
other disposal or possession
Civil Law
other disposal or possession
Title of the Legislative Text
Department of Veterans Affairs Act, R.S.C. (1985),
c. V-1
Provision

   5. (1) Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the Minister may make such regulations as he may deem necessary and advisable

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  • (c) for the marking or stamping of artificial limbs or appliances issued from the Department, and to prevent the removal or defacement of such stamps or marks or the use of any counterfeit thereof, and to prevent the purchase, sale, receiving or other disposal of such artificial limbs or appliances without the authority of the Minister; to forbid any false statement, suggestion or representation with respect to any artificial limbs, appliances or other goods manufactured in or for or issued from the Department;

Problem
The phrase l'entrée en possession is inappropriate in civil law in French. Furthermore, in the English version, the term "receiving" does not reflect the concept of possession.
Solution
In the French version, the phrase l'entrée en possession ou tout usage is replaced by the phrase ou toute autre forme de disposition ou la possession. In the English version, the term "receiving" is replaced by the term "possession" .
Harmonized Provision

  5. (1) Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the Minister may make such regulations as he may deem necessary and advisable

  • ...

  • (c) for the marking or stamping of artificial limbs or appliances issued from the Department, and to prevent the removal or defacement of the stamps or marks or the use of any counterfeit of the stamps or marks, and to prevent the purchase, sale or other disposal or possession of the artificial limbs or appliances without the authority of the Minister; to forbid any false statement, suggestion or representation with respect to any artificial limbs, appliances or other goods manufactured in or for or issued from the Department;,/

Federal Law-Civil Law Harmonization Act, No. 1, S.C. 2001, c. 4, s. 126(2)

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