GreatNorthCollective/greatnorth-canada-federal-laws-text huggingface dataset:
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 The displacement of the civilian population shall not be ordered for reasons related to the conflict unless the security of the civilians involved or imperative military reasons so demand. Should such displacements have to be carried out, all possible measures shall be taken in order that the civilian population may be received under satisfactory conditions of shelter, hygiene, health, safety and nutrition.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 2
2 Civilians shall not be compelled to leave their own territory for reasons connected with the conflict.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 Relief societies located in the territory of the High Contracting Party, such as Red Cross (Red Crescent, Red Lion and Sun) organizations, may offer their services for the performance of their traditional functions in relation to the victims of the armed conflict. The civilian population may, even on its own initiative, offer to collect and care for the wounded, sick and shipwrecked.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 2
2 If the civilian population is suffering undue hardship owing to a lack of the supplies essential for its survival, such as foodstuffs and medical supplies, relief actions for the civilian population which are of an exclusively humanitarian and impartial nature and which are conducted without any adverse distinction shall be undertaken subject to the consent of the High Contracting Party concerned.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
This Protocol shall be disseminated as widely as possible.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 This Protocol shall enter into force six months after two instruments of ratification or accession have been deposited.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 Any High Contracting Party may propose amendments to this Protocol. The text of any proposed amendment shall be communicated to the depositary which shall decide, after consultation with all the High Contracting Parties and the International Committee of the Red Cross, whether a conference should be convened to consider the proposed amendment.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 In case a High Contracting Party should denounce this Protocol, the denunciation shall only take effect six months after receipt of the instrument of denunciation. If, however, on the expiry of six months, the denouncing Party is engaged in the situation referred to in Article 1, the denunciation shall not take effect before the end of the armed conflict. Persons who have been deprived of liberty, or whose liberty has been restricted, for reasons related to the conflict shall nevertheless continue to benefit from the provisions of this Protocol until their final release.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 (a)
The depositary shall inform the High Contracting Parties as well as the Parties to the Conventions, whether or not they are signatories of this Protocol, of: (a) signatures affixed to this Protocol and the deposit of instruments of ratification and accession under Articles 21 and 22; (b) the date of entry into force of this Protocol under Article 23; and (c) communications and declarations received under Article 24.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 (a)
(a) signatures affixed to this Protocol and the deposit of instruments of ratification and accession under Articles 21 and 22;
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 (b)
(b) the date of entry into force of this Protocol under Article 23; and
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 (c)
(c) communications and declarations received under Article 24.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 2
2 The depositary shall also inform the Secretariat of the United Nations of all ratifications and accessions received by it with respect to this Protocol.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
The original of this Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic shall be deposited with the depositary, which shall transmit certified true copies thereof to all the Parties to the Conventions.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Reaffirming the provisions of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 (in particular Articles 26, 38, 42 and 44 of the First Geneva Convention) and, where applicable, their Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977 (in particular Articles 18 and 38 of Additional Protocol I and Article 12 of Additional Protocol II), concerning the use of distinctive emblems,
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Desiring to supplement the aforementioned provisions so as to enhance their protective value and universal character,
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Noting that this Protocol is without prejudice to the recognized right of High Contracting Parties to continue to use the emblems they are using in conformity with their obligations under the Geneva Conventions and, where applicable, the Protocols additional thereto,
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Recalling that the obligation to respect persons and objects protected by the Geneva Conventions and the Protocols additional thereto derives from their protected status under international law and is not dependent on use of the distinctive emblems, signs or signals,
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Stressing that the distinctive emblems are not intended to have any religious, ethnic, racial, regional or political significance,
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Emphasizing the importance of ensuring full respect for the obligations relating to the distinctive emblems recognized in the Geneva Conventions, and, where applicable, the Protocols additional thereto,
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Recalling that Article 44 of the First Geneva Convention makes the distinction between the protective use and the indicative use of the distinctive emblems,
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Recalling further that National Societies undertaking activities on the territory of another State must ensure that the emblems they intend to use within the framework of such activities may be used in the country where the activity takes place and in the country or countries of transit,
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Recognizing the difficulties that certain States and National Societies may have with the use of the existing distinctive emblems,
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Noting the determination of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to retain their current names and emblems,
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 2
2 This Protocol reaffirms and supplements the provisions of the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 (“the Geneva Conventions”) and, where applicable, of their two Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977 (“the 1977 Additional Protocols”) relating to the distinctive emblems, namely the red cross, the red crescent and the red lion and sun, and shall apply in the same situations as those referred to in these provisions.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 This Protocol recognizes an additional distinctive emblem in addition to, and for the same purposes as, the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions. The distinctive emblems shall enjoy equal status.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 2
2 This additional distinctive emblem, composed of a red frame in the shape of a square on edge on a white ground, shall conform to the illustration in the Annex to this Protocol. This distinctive emblem is referred to in this Protocol as the “third Protocol emblem”.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 3
3 The conditions for use of and respect for the third Protocol emblem are identical to those for the distinctive emblems established by the Geneva Conventions and, where applicable, the 1977 Additional Protocols.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 4
4 The medical services and religious personnel of armed forces of High Contracting Parties may, without prejudice to their current emblems, make temporary use of any distinctive emblem referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article where this may enhance protection.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 National Societies of those High Contracting Parties which decide to use the third Protocol emblem may, in using the emblem in conformity with relevant national legislation, choose to incorporate within it, for indicative purposes: (a) a distinctive emblem recognized by the Geneva Conventions or a combination of these emblems; or (b) another emblem which has been in effective use by a High Contracting Party and was the subject of a communication to the other High Contracting Parties and the International Committee of the Red Cross through the depositary prior to the adoption of this Protocol. Incorporation shall conform to the illustration in the Annex to this Protocol.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 (a)
(a) a distinctive emblem recognized by the Geneva Conventions or a combination of these emblems; or
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 (b)
(b) another emblem which has been in effective use by a High Contracting Party and was the subject of a communication to the other High Contracting Parties and the International Committee of the Red Cross through the depositary prior to the adoption of this Protocol.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Incorporation shall conform to the illustration in the Annex to this Protocol.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 2
2 A National Society which chooses to incorporate within the third Protocol emblem another emblem in accordance with paragraph 1 above, may, in conformity with national legislation, use the designation of that emblem and display it within its national territory.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 3
3 National Societies may, in accordance with national legislation and in exceptional circumstances and to facilitate their work, make temporary use of the distinctive emblem referred to in Article 2 of this Protocol.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 4
4 This Article does not affect the legal status of the distinctive emblems recognized in the Geneva Conventions and in this Protocol, nor does it affect the legal status of any particular emblem when incorporated for indicative purposes in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
The International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and their duly authorized personnel, may use, in exceptional circumstances and to facilitate their work, the distinctive emblem referred to in Article 2 of this Protocol.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
The medical services and religious personnel participating in operations under the auspices of the United Nations may, with the agreement of participating States, use one of the distinctive emblems mentioned in Articles 1 and 2.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 The provisions of the Geneva Conventions and, where applicable, the 1977 Additional Protocols, governing prevention and repression of misuse of the distinctive emblems shall apply equally to the third Protocol emblem. In particular, the High Contracting Parties shall take measures necessary for the prevention and repression, at all times, of any misuse of the distinctive emblems mentioned in Articles 1 and 2 and their designations, including the perfidious use and the use of any sign or designation constituting an imitation thereof.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 2
2 Notwithstanding paragraph 1 above, High Contracting Parties may permit prior users of the third Protocol emblem, or of any sign constituting an imitation thereof, to continue such use, provided that the said use shall not be such as would appear, in time of armed conflict, to confer the protection of the Geneva Conventions and, where applicable, the 1977 Additional Protocols, and provided that the rights to such use were acquired before the adoption of this Protocol.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
The High Contracting Parties undertake, in time of peace as in time of armed conflict, to disseminate this Protocol as widely as possible in their respective countries and, in particular, to include the study thereof in their programmes of military instruction and to encourage the study thereof by the civilian population, so that this instrument may become known to the armed forces and to the civilian population.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
This Protocol shall be open for signature by the Parties to the Geneva Conventions on the day of its adoption and will remain open for a period of twelve months.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
This Protocol shall be ratified as soon as possible. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Swiss Federal Council, depositary of the Geneva Conventions and the 1977 Additional Protocols.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
This Protocol shall be open for accession by any Party to the Geneva Conventions which has not signed it. The instruments of accession shall be deposited with the depositary.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 2
2 For each Party to the Geneva Conventions thereafter ratifying or acceding to this Protocol, it shall enter into force six months after the deposit by such Party of its instrument of ratification or accession.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 When the Parties to the Geneva Conventions are also Parties to this Protocol, the Conventions shall apply as supplemented by this Protocol.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 Any High Contracting Party may propose amendments to this Protocol. The text of any proposed amendment shall be communicated to the depositary, which shall decide, after consultation with all the High Contracting Parties, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, whether a conference should be convened to consider the proposed amendment.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 2
2 The depositary shall invite to that conference all the High Contracting Parties as well as the Parties to the Geneva Conventions, whether or not they are signatories of this Protocol.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 1
1 In case a High Contracting Party should denounce this Protocol, the denunciation shall only take effect one year after receipt of the instrument of denunciation. If, however, on the expiry of that year the denouncing Party is engaged in a situation of armed conflict or occupation, the denunciation shall not take effect before the end of the armed conflict or occupation.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 4
4 Any denunciation under paragraph 1 shall not affect the obligations already incurred, by reason of the armed conflict or occupation, under this Protocol by such denouncing Party in respect of any act committed before this denunciation becomes effective.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 (a)
The depositary shall inform the High Contracting Parties as well as the Parties to the Geneva Conventions, whether or not they are signatories of this Protocol, of: (a) signatures affixed to this Protocol and the deposit of instruments of ratification and accession under Articles 8, 9 and 10; (b) the date of entry into force of this Protocol under Article 11 within ten days of said entry into force; (c) communications received under Article 13; (d) denunciations under Article 14.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 (a)
(a) signatures affixed to this Protocol and the deposit of instruments of ratification and accession under Articles 8, 9 and 10;
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 (b)
(b) the date of entry into force of this Protocol under Article 11 within ten days of said entry into force;
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3 (c)
(c) communications received under Article 13;
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
The original of this Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the depositary, which shall transmit certified true copies thereof to all the Parties to the Geneva Conventions.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Article 1 — Distinctive emblem Diamond shape outline with thick borders with another diamond shape inside which is not filled in.
Geneva Conventions Act — G-3
Article 2 — Indicative use of the third Protocol emblem Diamond shape outline with thick borders with another diamond shape inside which is not filled in. The image is then repeated and has an arrow on the lower left side of the diamond pointing to the center of the inside diamond shape. The arrow is accompanied by the text Incorporation in accordance with Art. 3.
Government Corporations Operation Act — G-4 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Government Corporations Operation Act . R.S., c. G-7, s. 1
Government Corporations Operation Act — G-4 2
Definition of corporation 2 In this Act, corporation means a company incorporated under Part I of the Canada Corporations Act , chapter C-32 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, or a corporation incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act , all the issued shares of which are owned by or held in trust for Her Majesty in right of Canada except, in the case of a company incorporated under Part I of the Canada Corporations Act , shares necessary to qualify other persons as directors. R.S., 1985, c. G-4, s. 2; 1994, c. 24, s. 34(F)
Government Corporations Operation Act — G-4 3
Agent of Her Majesty 3 Every corporation is for all its purposes an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada. R.S., c. G-7, s. 3; 1984, c. 31, s. 14
Government Corporations Operation Act — G-4 4
Employment of officers and employees 4 (1) Every corporation may, notwithstanding any statute or law, employ such officers or employees as it deems necessary to conduct its operations and determine the conditions of employment and the remuneration of those officers or employees. Corporation pays remuneration (2) The remuneration determined under subsection (1) shall be paid by the corporation. Control (3) Every corporation has the control and supervision of the officers and employees employed by the corporation. R.S., c. G-7, s. 4
Government Corporations Operation Act — G-4 5
Pension or superannuation 5 (1) The Public Service Superannuation Act does not apply to officers and employees employed by a corporation but each corporation may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, establish and support a pension fund, a group insurance plan or other pension or superannuation arrangements for the benefit of officers and employees employed by the corporation and their dependants, including their spouse, common-law partner and children, any other relative of the officer or employee, and any child or other relative of the spouse or common-law partner of the officer or employee. A corporation may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, continue any such fund, plan or arrangement, established by the corporation, that existed on July 26, 1946. Definition of common-law partner (1.1) In subsection (1), common-law partner , in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year. Superannuation rights preserved (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or any other statute or law, a person who, immediately prior to that person’s employment by a corporation, was a contributor under the Public Service Superannuation Act continues while employed by the corporation to be a contributor under that Act, and for the purposes of that Act that person’s service with the corporation shall be counted as pensionable service. Re-appointment in public service (3) If a person referred to in subsection (2) is retired from employment with a corporation for any reason other than misconduct, that person is eligible for re-appointment in the public service. Application of ss. (2) and (3) (4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in respect of any person who becomes employed by a corporation on or after January 1, 1954 to whom, but for this subsection, subsections (2) and (3) would apply, and every such person is deemed, for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act , to have ceased to be employed in the public service, for a reason other than disability or misconduct, as of the date of that person’s employment by the corporation and to have ceased to be a contributor under the Public Service Superannuation Act at that date. Benefits continued (5) Any person who at the time of that person’s employment with a corporation held a position in the public service or was an employee within the meaning of the Public Service Employment Act continues to retain and is eligible for all the benefits, except salary as an employee in the public service, that that person would have been eligible to receive had that person remained an employee in the public service. Application of Government Employees Compensation Act (6) The Government Employees Compensation Act applies to officers and employees of a corporation and for the purposes of that Act those officers and employees shall be deemed to be employees in the federal public administration. R.S., 1985, c. G-4, s. 5; 2000, c. 12, s. 124; 2003, c. 22, ss. 224(E), 225(E)
Government Corporations Operation Act — G-4 6
Application to corporation by proclamation 6 This Act applies to a corporation only from the date of the issue of a proclamation by the Governor in Council declaring this Act to be applicable to that corporation. R.S., c. G-7, s. 6
Government Corporations Operation Act — G-4 7
Cessation of application 7 (1) The Governor in Council may issue a proclamation declaring that this Act shall cease to apply to a corporation in respect of which a proclamation has been issued pursuant to section 6. No prejudice to superannuation rights or benefits (2) On the effective date of a proclamation issued pursuant to subsection (1), this Act ceases to apply to the corporation named therein and the corporation ceases to be an agent of Her Majesty but without prejudice to any rights acquired by any person pursuant to subsection 5(2), (3) or (5). R.S., c. G-7, s. 7
An Act respecting the Government House property, Toronto — G-5.3
His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
An Act respecting the Government House property, Toronto — G-5.3 1
Government House property, Toronto, appropriated for use of Province 1 The site of the Ontario Government House, situated in the city of Toronto, bounded by Wellington, John, King and Simcoe streets, and containing two hundred and sixty-six thousand one hundred and fifty-one square feet English measure, more or less, is hereby appropriated for the use of the government of the province of Ontario within the meaning of “ The British North America Act, 1867 ,” and the schedules thereto.
An Act respecting the Government House property, Toronto — G-5.3 2
Order in council and letters patent confirmed 2 The order in council dated the fourteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, appropriating and transferring to the government of the province of Ontario the lands above described and letters patent dated the fifteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eight, declaring the said lands to have been transferred, shall be and be deemed to be an appropriation of the said lands for the use of the provincial legislature of the province of Ontario, within the meaning of “ The British North America Act, 1867 ,” and such lands, from and after the date of such order in council, are declared to have been and are now the property of the province of Ontario.
Government Organization Act, Atlantic Canada, 1987 — G-5.7 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Government Organization Act, Atlantic Canada, 1987 .
Government Organization Act, Atlantic Canada, 1987 — G-5.7 2 to 24
2 to 24 [See Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Act ]
Government Organization Act, Atlantic Canada, 1987 — G-5.7 25 to 44
25 to 44 [See Enterprise Cape Breton Corporation Act ]
Government Organization Act, Atlantic Canada, 1987 — G-5.7 Coming into force
Coming into force * 57 This Act or any provision thereof shall come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. * [Note: Sections 1 to 24, 45 and 53 to 56 in force September 15, 1988, see SI/88-152; sections 25 to 44 and 46 to 51 in force December 1, 1988, see SI/88-140; section 52 repealed before coming into force, see 2008, c. 20, s. 3.]
Government Employees Compensation Act — G-5 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Government Employees Compensation Act . R.S., c. G-8, s. 1