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Trade Unions Act — T-14 5
Application of certain Acts 5 (1) No Act in force in Canada providing for the constitution and incorporation of charitable, benevolent or provident institutions applies to trade unions. Idem (2) This Act does not apply to any trade union not registered under this Act. R.S., c. T-11, s. 5
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Trade union may be registered 6 Any seven or more members of a trade union may, by subscribing their names to the rules of the union and otherwise complying with the provisions of this Act with respect to registration, register the trade union under this Act, but if any one of the purposes of the trade union is unlawful, the registration is void. R.S., c. T-11, s. 6
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Registrar 7 The Registrar General of Canada shall be the Registrar under this Act. R.S., c. T-11, s. 7
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Registration 8 (1) The following provisions apply with respect to registration of trade unions under this Act: (a) an application to register the trade union and printed copies of its rules, together with a list of the titles and names of its officers, shall be sent to the Registrar; (b) the Registrar, on being satisfied that the trade union has complied with the regulations respecting registration, shall register the trade union and its rules; (c) no trade union shall be registered under a name identical with that under which any other trade union has been registered, or so nearly resembling that name as to be likely to deceive the members or the public; and (d) if a trade union that applies to be registered has been in operation for more than a year before the date of application, there shall be delivered to the Registrar, before the registration of the trade union, a general statement of the receipts, funds, effects and expenditure of the trade union, in the same form and showing the same particulars as if it were the annual general statement required, under this Act, to be transmitted annually to the Registrar. Certificate of registration (2) The Registrar, on registering a trade union, shall issue a certificate of registration, and the certificate, unless it is proved to have been withdrawn or cancelled, is conclusive proof that the regulations with respect to registration have been complied with. R.S., c. T-11, s. 8
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Regulations 9 The Governor in Council may make regulations (a) respecting registration under this Act; (b) respecting the seal, if any, to be used for the purpose of registration; (c) respecting the inspection of documents kept by the Registrar under this Act; (d) respecting the fees, if any, to be paid on registration, not exceeding the fees specified in Schedule I; and (e) generally, for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act relating to registration of trade unions. R.S., c. T-11, s. 9
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Rules of registered union 10 The following provisions apply with respect to the rules of a trade union registered under this Act: (a) the rules shall contain provisions in respect of the several matters mentioned in Schedule II; and (b) a copy of the rules shall be delivered by the trade union to any person, on demand, on payment of a sum not exceeding twenty-five cents. R.S., c. T-11, s. 10
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Registered office 11 Every trade union registered under this Act shall have a registered office to which all communications and notices may be addressed. R.S., c. T-11, s. 11
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Notice of office 12 Notice of the location of the registered office of a trade union and of any change therein shall be given to the Registrar and recorded by him, and until notice of the location of the registered office is given to the Registrar, a trade union shall be deemed not to have complied with this Act. R.S., c. T-11, s. 12
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General statement of affairs 13 (1) A general statement of the receipts, funds, effects and expenditure of every trade union registered under this Act shall be transmitted to the Registrar, before June 1 in each year, and shall show fully the assets and liabilities at the date and the receipts and expenditure of the trade union during the year preceding the date, to which it is made out, and separately, the expenditure in respect of the several objects of the trade union, and such statement shall be prepared and made out to such date, in such form and shall comprise such particulars as the Registrar requires. Members and depositors (2) Every member of and depositor in any trade union that is registered under this Act is entitled to receive, on application to the secretary or treasurer of the trade union, a copy of the general statement described in subsection (1) without cost. R.S., c. T-11, s. 13
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Copies of rules to accompany statement 14 There shall be sent to the Registrar, together with the general statement described in section 13, a copy of all new rules and of all alterations of rules, and a statement showing the changes of officers, made by the trade union during the year preceding the date to which the general statement is made out, and a copy of the rules of the trade union as they exist at that date. R.S., c. T-11, s. 14
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Powers relating to land 15 (1) Any trade union registered under this Act may purchase, or take on lease, in the names of the trustees of the trade union, any land not exceeding one acre, and may sell, exchange, mortgage, hypothecate or lease the land. Authority of trustees (2) No purchaser, assignee, mortgagee, hypothecary creditor or tenant is bound to inquire whether the trustees of a trade union registered under this Act have authority for any sale, exchange, mortgage, hypothec or lease, and the receipt of the trustees is a discharge for the money arising from the sale, exchange, mortgage, hypothec or lease. What constitutes distinct union (3) For the purposes of this section, every branch of a trade union shall be considered a distinct union. R.S., 1985, c. T-14, s. 15; 2001, c. 4, s. 125(E)
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Property vested in trustees 16 (1) All real and personal property belonging to any trade union registered under this Act shall be vested in the trustees of the trade union, appointed as provided by this Act, for the use and benefit of the trade union and the members thereof. Real and personal (2) The real or personal property of any branch of a trade union shall be vested in the trustees of the branch and be under the control of those trustees, or their respective executors or administrators, according to their respective claims or interests. On death of trustee (3) On the death or removal of any trustees, real or personal property described in this section shall vest in the succeeding trustees for the same estate and interest as the former trustees had therein, and subject to the same trusts, without any conveyance or assignment whatever, except in the case of Dominion stock, which shall be transferred into the names of any new trustees. R.S., c. T-11, s. 16
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Forms of action 17 In all actions, suits or indictments or summary proceedings before any court of summary jurisdiction, concerning any property of a trade union or branch, the property shall be stated to be the property of the persons holding the office of trustee, in their proper names, as trustees of the trade union without any further description. R.S., c. T-11, s. 17
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Powers of trustees 18 (1) The trustees of any trade union registered under this Act, or any other officer of such trade union who is authorized to do so by the order thereof, may bring or defend, or cause to be brought or defended, any action, suit, prosecution or complaint, in any court of competent jurisdiction, concerning the property, right or claim to property of the trade union, and may, in all cases concerning the property, real or personal, of the trade union, sue and be sued, and plead and be impleaded, in that court, in their proper names, without other description than the title of their office. Not abated by vacation of office (2) No action, suit, prosecution or complaint shall be discontinued or abated by the death or removal from office of any person referred to in subsection (1), but the action, suit, prosecution or complaint shall be proceeded in, by or against their successor or successors as if the death, resignation or removal had not taken place, and those successors shall pay and receive the like costs as if the action, suit, prosecution or complaint had been commenced in their names for the benefit of, or to be reimbursed from the funds of, the trade union. Service of process (3) Any summons to any trustee or other officer of a trade union registered under this Act may be served by leaving the summons at the registered office of the trade union. R.S., c. T-11, s. 18
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Liability of trustee 19 (1) No trustee of a trade union registered under this Act is liable to make good any deficiency that arises or happens in the funds of the trade union. Idem (2) A trustee of a trade union registered under this Act is liable only for the moneys actually received by him on account of the trade union. R.S., c. T-11, s. 19
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Account to be rendered 20 Every treasurer or other officer of a trade union registered under this Act shall, at such times as he is required by the rules of the trade union, or at any other time, when called on by the trade union to do so, render to the trustees of the trade union, or the members, at a meeting thereof, a just and true account of all moneys received and paid by him since he last rendered a like account, of the balance then remaining in his hands and of all bonds or securities of the trade union. R.S., c. T-11, s. 20
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Audit 21 (1) The trustees shall cause an account rendered under section 20 to be audited by a fit and proper person appointed by them. Duty of treasurer (2) On an audit under subsection (1), the treasurer, if required, shall forthwith (a) hand over to the trustees the balance that appears to be due by him; and (b) hand over to the trustees all securities and effects, books, papers and property of the trade union in his hands or custody. Failure to comply (3) If the treasurer fails to comply with subsection (2), the trustees may sue the treasurer, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for the balance appearing to have been due from him on the last account rendered by him, for all moneys since received by him on account of the trade union and for the securities and effects, books, papers and property in his hands or custody, leaving him to set off in the action the sums, if any, that he has since paid on account of the trade union. Costs (4) In an action under subsection (3), the trustees are entitled to recover their full costs of suit, to be taxed as between solicitor and client. R.S., c. T-11, s. 21
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Fraudulently obtaining, misapplying funds, books, etc. 22 (1) If any officer, member or other person who is or represents himself to be a member of a trade union registered under this Act, or the nominee, executor, administrator or assignee of a member thereof, or any person whatever, (a) by false representation or imposition, obtains possession of any moneys, securities, books, papers or other effects of the trade union, (b) having the effects of the trade union in his possession, wilfully withholds or fraudulently misapplies the effects, or (c) wilfully applies any part of the effects of the trade union to purposes other than those expressed or directed in the rules of the trade union, the provincial court judge or justices having jurisdiction in cases of complaint for offences under this Act for the place in which the registered office of the trade union is situated may, by summary order, on a complaint made by any person on behalf of the trade union, or by the Registrar, order the officer, member or other person, (d) to deliver up all those moneys, securities, books, papers or other effects to the trade union, or (e) to repay the amount of money paid improperly and to pay, if the provincial court judge or justices think fit, a further sum of money not exceeding one hundred dollars, together with costs not exceeding five dollars. Failure to comply (2) In default of delivery of effects or payment of an amount of money, or payment of a penalty and costs ordered under subsection (1), the provincial court judge or justices may order the person convicted to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months. Proceedings by indictment (3) Nothing in this Act prevents a trade union from proceeding by indictment against a person described in subsection (1), but no person shall be proceeded against by indictment if a conviction has been previously obtained for the same offence under this Act. R.S., 1985, c. T-14, s. 22; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 203
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Failure to have a registered office 23 If any trade union registered under this Act is in operation for seven days without having a registered office to which all communications and notices may be addressed, the trade union and every officer thereof shall each incur a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every day during which it is so in operation. R.S., c. T-11, s. 23
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Failure to transmit general statement 24 (1) Every trade union registered under this Act that fails to transmit to the Registrar, before June 1 in each year, a general statement of its receipts, funds, effects and expenditure, (a) showing fully the assets and liabilities at that date, (b) the receipts and expenditure of the trade union during the year immediately preceding, and (c) showing separately the expenditure in respect of the several objects of the trade union, prepared and made out to such date, and in such form, and comprising such particulars as the Registrar requires, together with a copy of all alterations of rules and changes of officers made, and a copy of the rules as they exist at that date, is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offence. Officer failing to transmit (2) Every officer of a trade union registered under this Act whose duty it is to transmit a general statement required under subsection (1) who fails to do so, is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offence. Failing to furnish copies (3) If the secretary or treasurer of a trade union registered under this Act refuses or fails to furnish any member thereof or depositor therein, on application, with a copy of a general statement required under subsection (1), the secretary or treasurer is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offence. R.S., c. T-11, s. 24
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Making false entries 25 Every person who wilfully makes, or orders to be made, any false entry in or any omission from a general statement required under subsection 24(1), or in or from the return of any copies of rules or alterations of rules required under this Act is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for each offence. R.S., c. T-11, s. 25
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Circulating false copies of rules of a union 26 Every person who, with intent to mislead or defraud, (a) gives to any member of a trade union registered under this Act, or to any person intending or applying to become a member of that trade union, a copy of any rules or of any alterations of the rules falsely pretending that they are the existing rules of the trade union, or that there are no other rules of the trade union, or (b) gives a copy of any rules of any trade union not registered under this Act to any person under the pretence that the rules are the rules of a trade union registered under this Act, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. R.S., c. T-11, s. 26
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Summary conviction 27 (1) All offences and penalties under this Act may be prosecuted and recovered on summary conviction. Description of offence (2) The description of any offence against this Act in the words of this Act is sufficient. Proving exception, exemption, etc. (3) Any exception, exemption, proviso, excuse or qualification, whether it accompanies or does not accompany the description of any offence charged under this Act, may be proved by the defendant, but need not be specified in the information, and if it is specified and negatived in the information, no proof in relation to the matters specified and negatived shall be required on the part of the informant or prosecutor. R.S., c. T-11, s. 27
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Purposes of trade union not unlawful 29 The purposes of any trade union shall not, by reason merely that they are in restraint of trade, be deemed to be unlawful so as to render any member of the trade union liable to criminal prosecution for conspiracy or otherwise, or so as to render void or voidable any agreement or trust. R.S., c. T-11, s. 29
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Annual report for Parliament 30 The Registrar shall lay before Parliament annual reports with respect to the matters transacted by him as Registrar under this Act and in pursuance thereof. R.S., c. T-11, s. 30
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1 The name of the trade union and the place of meeting for the business of the trade union.
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2 Every object for which the trade union is to be established, the purposes for which the funds thereof shall be applicable, the conditions under which any member may become entitled to any benefit assured thereby and the fines and forfeitures that may be imposed on any member of the trade union.
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3 The manner of making, altering, amending and rescinding rules.
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4 A provision for the appointment and removal of a general committee of management and of a trustee or trustees, treasurer and other officers of the trade union.
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5 A provision for the investment of the funds of the trade union and for an annual or periodical audit of accounts.
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6 The inspection of the books and names of members of the trade union by every person having an interest in the funds of the trade union.
Translation Bureau Act — T-16 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Translation Bureau Act . R.S., c. T-13, s. 1
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Definition of "Minister" 2 In this Act, Minister means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act. R.S., 1985, c. T-16, s. 2; 1996, c. 16, s. 57
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Bureau established 3 There is hereby established a bureau under the authority of the Minister called the Translation Bureau. R.S., c. T-13, s. 3
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Duties and functions of Bureau 4 (1) The Bureau shall collaborate with and act for all departments, boards, agencies and commissions established by Act of Parliament or appointed by order of the Governor in Council and collaborate with and act for both Houses of Parliament in all matters relating to the making and revising of translations from one language into another of documents, including correspondence, reports, proceedings, debates, bills and Acts, and to interpretation, sign-language interpretation and terminology. Departments to collaborate (2) All departments, boards, agencies and commissions referred to in subsection (1) shall collaborate with the Bureau in carrying into effect this Act and the regulations. R.S., 1985, c. T-16, s. 4; R.S., 1985, c. 1 (4th Supp.), s. 34
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Officers and employees 6 Such officers, translators, clerks or other employees as are necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the Bureau may be appointed under the Public Service Employment Act to hold office during pleasure. R.S., 1985, c. T-16, s. 6; 1996, c. 16, s. 59(E)
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Regulations 7 The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make all regulations that the Minister deems necessary or expedient for carrying this Act into effect. R.S., c. T-13, s. 6
Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act — T-18.5
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Act .
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Establishment 2 (1) There is hereby established a tribunal to be known as the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada (“the Tribunal”). Jurisdiction generally (2) The Tribunal has jurisdiction in respect of reviews and appeals as expressly provided for under the Aeronautics Act , the Pilotage Act , the Railway Safety Act , the Marine Transportation Security Act , the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 , the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act and any other federal Act regarding transportation. Jurisdiction in respect of other Acts (3) The Tribunal also has jurisdiction in respect of reviews and appeals in connection with administrative monetary penalties provided for under sections 177 to 181 of the Canada Transportation Act , sections 43 to 55 of the International Bridges and Tunnels Act , sections 129.01 to 129.19 of the Canada Marine Act , sections 16.1 to 16.25 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act , sections 39.1 to 39.26 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act and sections 130.01 to 130.19 of the Marine Liability Act . 2001, c. 29, ss. 2, 71; 2007, c. 1, s. 59; 2008, c. 21, s. 65; 2012, c. 31, s. 345; 2018, c. 2, s. 18 2019, c. 1, s. 152 2019, c. 28, s. 186 2019, c. 29, s. 267 2019, c. 29, s. 268 2019, c. 29, s. 290
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Members 3 (1) The Governor in Council shall appoint as members of the Tribunal persons who, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, collectively have expertise in the transportation sectors in respect of which the federal government has jurisdiction. Full- or part-time members (2) Members may be appointed as full-time or part-time members.
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Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson 4 The Governor in Council shall designate one member as Chairperson of the Tribunal and one member as Vice-Chairperson. The Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson must be full-time members.
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Duties of Chairperson 5 (1) The Chairperson has supervision over, and direction of, the work of the Tribunal, including (a) the apportionment of work among members and the assignment of members to hear matters brought before the Tribunal and, when the Tribunal sits in panels, the assignment of members to panels and to preside over panels; and (b) generally, the conduct of the work of the Tribunal and the management of its internal affairs. Absence of Chairperson (2) In the event of the absence or incapacity of the Chairperson or if the office of Chairperson is vacant, the Vice-Chairperson shall act as Chairperson during the continuance of that absence or incapacity or until a new Chairperson is designated. 2001, c. 29, s. 5; 2014, c. 20, s. 464
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Term of office 6 (1) A member shall be appointed to hold office during good behaviour for a term not exceeding seven years and may be removed for cause by the Governor in Council. Reappointment (2) A member is eligible to be reappointed. Disposition after member ceases to hold office (3) At the request of the Chairperson, a former member, within eight weeks after ceasing to be a member, may make or take part in a determination or decision on a matter that they heard as a member. For that purpose, the former member is deemed to be a member.