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a on behalf and in the name of the Sovereign, by whatever title that officer is designated; ( gouverneur , gouverneur du Canada ou gouverneur général ) Governor General in Council or Governor in Council means the Governor General of Canada acting by and with the advice of, or by and with the advice and consent of, or in conjunction with the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada; ( gouverneur en conseil ou gouverneur général en conseil ) Great Seal means the Great Seal of Canada; ( grand sceau ) Her Majesty , His Majesty , the Queen , the King or the Crown means the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her or His other Realms and Territories, and Head of the Commonwealth; ( Sa Majesté , la Reine , le Roi ou la Couronne ) Her Majesty’s Realms and Territories or His Majesty’s Realms and Territories means all realms and territories under the sovereignty of Her or His Majesty; ( royaumes et territoires de Sa Majesté ) herein used in any section shall be understood to relate to the whole enactment, and not to that section only; ( Version anglaise seulement ) holiday means any of the following days, namely, Sunday; New Year’s Day; Good Friday; Easter Monday; Christmas Day; the birthday or the day fixed by proclamation for the celebration of the birthday of the reigning Sovereign; Victoria Day; Canada Day; the first Monday in September, designated Labour Day; National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which is observed on September 30; Remembrance Day; any day appointed by proclamation to be observed as a day of general prayer or mourning or day of public rejoicing or thanksgiving; and any of the following additional days, namely, (a) in any province, any day appointed by proclamation of the lieutenant governor of the province to be observed as a public holiday or as a day of general prayer or mourning or day of public rejoicing or thanksgiving within the province, and any day that is a non-juridical day by virtue of an Act of the legislature of the province, and (b) in any city, town, municipality or other organized district, any day appointed to be observed as a civic holiday by resolution of the council or other authority charged with the administration of the civic or municipal affairs of the city, town, municipality or district; ( jour férié ) internal waters , (a) in relation to Canada, means the internal waters of Canada as determined under the Oceans Act and includes the airspace above and the bed and subsoil below those waters, and (b) in relation to any other state, means the waters on the landward side of the baselines of the territorial sea of the other state; ( eaux intérieures ) legislative assembly , legislative council or legislature [Repealed, 2014, c. 2, s. 14] legislative assembly or legislature includes the Lieutenant Governor in Council and the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, as constituted before September 1, 1905, and the Legislature of Yukon, of the Northwest Territories or for Nunavut; ( législature ou assemblée législative ) lieutenant governor means the lieutenant governor or other chief executive officer or administrator carrying on the government of the province indicated by the enactment, by whatever title that officer is designated, and in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut means the Commissioner; ( lieutenant-gouverneur ) lieutenant governor in council means (a) the lieutenant governor of the province indicated by the enactment acting by and with the advice of, by and with the advice and consent of, or in conjunction with, the executive council, (b) in Yukon, the Commissioner of Yukon acting with the consent of the Executive Council of Yukon, (c) in the Northwest Territories, the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories acting with the consent of the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories, and (d) in Nunavut, the Commissioner; ( lieutenant-gouverneur en conseil ) local time , in relation to any place, means the time observed in that place for the regulation of bus