Wikibooks: Canadian Refugee Procedure/Official Languages Act

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; Indian; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Yukon
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Refugee_Procedure/Official_Languages_Act

Relevant provisions of the Official Languages Act Official Languages Act RSC 1985 c 31 (4th Supp) . read = Section 3 Interpretation = Definitions 3 (1) In this Act Commissioner means the Commissioner of Official Languages for Canada appointed under section 49  (commissaire) Crown corporation means (a) a corporation that is ultimately accountable through a Minister to Parliament for the conduct of its affairs and (b) a parent Crown corporation or a wholly owned subsidiary within the meaning of section 83 of the Financial Administration Act  (sociétés d’État) department means a department as defined in section 2 of the Financial Administration Act  (ministère) federal institution includes any of the following institutions of the Parliament or government of Canada (a) the Senate (b) the House of Commons (c) the Library of Parliament (c.1) the office of the Senate Ethics Officer and the office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (c.2) the Parliamentary Protective Service (c.3) the office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (d) any federal court (e) any board commission or council or other body or office established to perform a governmental function by or pursuant to an Act of Parliament or by or under the authority of the Governor in Council (f) a department of the Government of Canada (g) a Crown corporation established by or pursuant to an Act of Parliament and (h) any other body that is specified by an Act of Parliament to be an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada or to be subject to the direction of the Governor in Council or a minister of the Crown but does not include (i) any institution of the Legislative Assembly or government of Yukon the Northwest Territories or Nunavut or (j) any Indian band band council or other body established to perform a governmental function in relation to an Indian band or other group of aboriginal people  (institutions fédérales) National Capital Region means the National Capital Region described in the schedule to the National ...