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European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5 7
7 Any Governor, part of whose votes must be counted in order to raise the total of votes cast for any person above 20.5 per cent shall be considered as casting all of his or her votes for such person, even if the total votes for such person thereby exceed 21.5 per cent and shall not be eligible to vote in a further ballot.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5 9
9 In the case of an increase or decrease in the number of Directors to be elected by Section B (ii) Governors, the minimum and maximum percentages specified in paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Section shall be appropriately adjusted by the Board of Governors.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5 2
2 Candidates for the office of Director shall be nominated by Section B (iii) Governors, provided that a Governor may nominate only one person. The election of Directors shall be by ballot of Section B (iii) Governors.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5 4
4 Subject to paragraph 10 of this Section, the 4 persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be Directors, except that no person who receives less than 8 per cent of the total of the votes which can be cast (eligible votes) in Section B (iii) shall be considered elected.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5 5
5 Subject to paragraph 10 of this Section, if 4 persons are not elected on the first ballot, a second ballot shall be held in which, unless there were no more than 4 candidates, the person who received the lowest number of votes in the first ballot shall be ineligible for election and in which there shall vote only : (a) those Governors who voted in the first ballot for a person not elected; and (b) those Governors whose votes for a person elected are deemed under paragraphs 6 and 7 below of this Section to have raised the votes cast for that person above 9 per cent of the eligible votes.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5 (b)
(b) those Governors whose votes for a person elected are deemed under paragraphs 6 and 7 below of this Section to have raised the votes cast for that person above 9 per cent of the eligible votes.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5 6
6 In determining whether the votes cast by a Governor are deemed to have raised the total votes cast for any person above 9 per cent of the eligible votes, the 9 per cent shall be deemed to include, first, the votes of the Governor casting the largest number of votes for such person, then the votes of the Governor casting the next largest number and so on, until 9 per cent is reached.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5 7
7 Any Governor, part of whose votes must be counted in order to raise the total of votes cast for any person above 8 per cent shall be considered as casting all of his or her votes for such person, even if the total votes for such person thereby exceed 9 per cent and shall not be eligible to vote in a further ballot.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5 9
9 In the case of an increase or decrease in the number of Directors to be elected by Section B (iii) Governors, the minimum and maximum percentages specified in paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Section shall be appropriately adjusted by the Board of Governors.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5 10
10 So long as any Signatory, or group of Signatories, whose share of the total amount of capital subscriptions provided in Annex A is more than 5 per cent, has not deposited its instrument or their instruments of ratification, approval or acceptance, there shall be no election for one Director in respect of each such Signatory or group of Signatories. The Governor or Governors representing such a Signatory or group of Signatories shall elect a Director in respect of each Signatory or group of Signatories, immediately after the Signatory becomes a member or the group of Signatories become members. Such Director shall be deemed to have been elected by the Board of Governors at its inaugural meeting, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 26 of this Agreement, if he or she is elected during the period in which the first Board of Directors shall hold office.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5
If the Board of Governors decides, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 26 of this Agreement, to increase or decrease the size, or revise the composition of the Board of Directors, in order to take into account changes in the number of members of the Bank, the Board of Governors shall first consider whether any amendments are required to this Annex, and may make any such amendments as it deems necessary as part of such decision.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5
Any Governor who does not participate in voting for the election or whose vote does not contribute to the election of a Director under Section A or Section B (i) or Section B (ii) or Section B (iii) of this Annex may assign the votes to which he or she is entitled to an elected Director, provided that such Governor shall first have obtained the agreement of all those Governors who have elected that Director to such assignment.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Agreement Act — E-13.5
A decision by any Governor not to participate in voting for the election of a Director shall not affect the calculation of the eligible votes to be made under Section A, Section B (i), Section B (ii) or Section B (iii) of this Annex.
Exchequer Court Act — E-13.7 1 to 25
1 to 25 [Repealed, R.S.C. 1970, c. 10 (2nd Supp.), s. 64]
Exchequer Court Act — E-13.7 27
Insolvent railway company 27 (1) A railway company is insolvent within the meaning of section 26, (a) if it is unable to pay its debts as they become due, (b) if it calls a meeting of its creditors for the purpose of compounding with them, (c) if it exhibits a statement showing its inability to meet its liabilities, (d) if it has otherwise acknowledged its insolvency, (e) if it assigns, removes or disposes of, or attempts or is about to assign, remove or dispose of, any of its property, with intent to defraud, defeat or delay its creditors, or any of them, (f) if, with such intent, it has procured its money, goods, chattels, lands or property to be seized, levied on or taken under or by any process or execution, (g) if it has made any general conveyance or assignment of its property for the benefit of its creditors or if, being unable to meet its liabilities in full, it makes any sale or conveyance of the whole or the main part of its stock in trade or assets, without the consent of its creditors or without satisfying their claims, except that the taking possession of any railway or section thereof by trustees for bondholders by virtue of the powers contained in any mortgage deed made to secure the bondholders is not deemed to be a general conveyance, assignment, sale or conveyance within the meaning of this paragraph, or (h) if it permits any execution issued against it, under which any of its goods, chattels, land or property, is seized, levied upon or taken in execution, to remain unsatisfied till within four days of the time fixed by the sheriff or proper officer for the sale thereof, or for fifteen days after such seizure. Company’s inability to pay debts (2) A company is deemed unable to pay its debts as they become due, whenever a creditor, to whom the company is indebted in a sum exceeding two hundred dollars then due, has served on the company, in the manner in which process may legally be served on it in the place where service is made, a demand in writing, requiring the company to pay the sum so due, and the company has, for fifteen days next succeeding the service of the demand, neglected to pay such sum, or to secure or compound for the same to the satisfaction of the creditor. R.S., c. 98, s. 27; 1996, c. 10, s. 224
Exchequer Court Act — E-13.7 28
Concurrent jurisdiction of provincial courts 28 Nothing in section 26 or 27 affects the present jurisdiction of any court of a province in any such matters as aforesaid affecting railways, or sections thereof, wholly within the province, and the superior courts of a province now possessing such jurisdiction shall continue with respect to such railways and sections of railways to have concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Court in all matters within the purview of this Act. R.S., c. 98, s. 28; R.S.C. 1970, c. 10 (2nd Supp.), s. 64
Exchequer Court Act — E-13.7 29 to 88
29 to 88 [Repealed, R.S.C. 1970, c. 10 (2nd Supp.), s. 64]
Escheats Act — E-13 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Escheats Act . R.S., c. E-7, s. 1
Escheats Act — E-13 2
Escheat 2 Where Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada is entitled to any land or other real or personal property by reason of the person last seised or entitled thereto having died intestate and without lawful heirs or by reason of any corporation, association or society having been finally dissolved or wound up or having ceased to exist, the Attorney General of Canada may cause possession thereof to be taken in the name of Her Majesty, or if possession is withheld, may exhibit an information in the Federal Court for the recovery thereof. R.S., c. E-7, s. 2; R.S., c. 10(2nd Supp.), s. 64
Escheats Act — E-13 3
Grants of property escheated 3 The Governor in Council may make a grant of any real or personal property that is now or may hereafter become the property of Her Majesty as mentioned in section 2, or any part thereof or any interest therein, (a) to any person who, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, had a legal or moral claim on the previous owner, or a just or natural right or claim to succeed to the previous owner’s property or to any part thereof; (b) to carry into effect any disposition thereof that the Governor in Council believes the previous owner may have intended; (c) to reward any person making discovery of that property to Her Majesty. R.S., c. E-7, s. 3
Escheats Act — E-13 4
Recovery of possession 4 Any grant under section 3 may be made without actual entry or taking possession of the property and, where possession is withheld, the person to whom the grant is made may institute proceedings for the recovery thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction. R.S., c. E-7, s. 4
Escheats Act — E-13 5
Time for bringing action for recovery of property 5 No action shall be brought or maintained against Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, the Attorney General of Canada or any minister or officer of Her Majesty in right of Canada to recover (a) the whole or any part of any property, real or personal, that, by reason of the person last seised or entitled thereto having died intestate and without heirs, or by reason of any corporation, association or society having been finally dissolved or wound up or having ceased to exist, has been judicially declared vested in Her Majesty in right of Canada, or of which the Attorney General of Canada has caused possession to be taken on behalf of Her Majesty, or that has otherwise come into the possession of Her Majesty as escheat or bona vacantia , or (b) any compensation or damages in respect of any property described in paragraph (a) or the taking possession or withholding thereof, more than five years after the date of the death of the person last seised or entitled to the property, or where the person last seised or entitled to the property was a corporation, association or society, more than five years after the date of the dissolution or winding-up or ceasing to exist of the corporation, association or society. R.S., 1985, c. E-13, s. 5; 2000, c. 12, s. 110
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Excise Act, 2001 .
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1 2
rescribed information that is required under this Act to be printed on, or affixed to, a container of vaping products that are not required under this Act to be stamped. ( mention obligatoire pour vapotage ) vaping substance means (a) a substance or mixture of substances, whether or not it contains nicotine, that is produced to be used, or sold for use, with a vaping device to produce emissions in the form of an aerosol; or (b) a prescribed substance, material or thing. It does not include a prescribed substance, material or thing. ( substance de vapotage ) vegetative cannabis plant means a cannabis plant, including a seedling, that has not yet produced reproductive structures, including flowers, fruits or seeds. ( plante de cannabis à l’état végétatif ) viable seed means a viable seed of a cannabis plant that is not an industrial hemp plant. ( graine viable ) wine means (a) a beverage, containing more than 0.5% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume, that is produced without distillation, other than distillation to reduce the absolute ethyl alcohol content, by the alcoholic fermentation of (i) an agricultural product other than grain, (ii) a plant or plant product, other than grain, that is not an agricultural product, or (iii) a product wholly or partially derived from an agricultural product or plant or plant product other than grain; (b) sake; and (c) a beverage described by paragraph (a) or (b) that is fortified not in excess of 22.9% absolute ethyl alcohol by volume. ( vin ) wine licensee means a person who holds a wine licence issued under section 14. ( titulaire de licence de vin ) 2002, c. 22, s. 2; 2005, c. 38, s. 92; 2007, c. 18, s. 67; 2008, c. 28, s. 50; 2009, c. 2, s. 119(E); 2010, c. 12, s. 38, c. 25, s. 107; 2011, c. 15, s. 9; 2018, c. 12, s. 69 2019, c. 29, s. 81 2022, c. 10, s. 54 2022, c. 19, s. 93
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
absolute ethyl alcohol means the substance with the chemical composition C 2 H 5 OH. ( alcool éthylique absolu )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
accredited representative means a person who is entitled under the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act to the tax exemptions specified in Article 34 of the Convention set out in Schedule I to that Act or in Article 49 of the Convention set out in Schedule II to that Act. ( représentant accrédité )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
additional cannabis duty means a duty imposed under section 158.2 or 158.22. ( droit additionnel sur le cannabis )
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additional vaping duty means a duty imposed under section 158.58. ( droit additionnel sur le vapotage )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
Agency means the Canada Revenue Agency continued by subsection 4(1) of the Canada Revenue Agency Act . ( Agence )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
alcohol means spirits or wine. ( alcool )
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alcohol licensee means a person who is a spirits licensee or a wine licensee. ( titulaire de licence d’alcool )
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alcohol registrant means a person who holds an alcohol registration issued under section 17. ( détenteur autorisé d’alcool )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
analyst means a person who is designated as an analyst under section 11. ( analyste )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1 (a)
approved formulation means (a) any product made with alcohol by a licensed user in accordance with a formula for which the user has approval from the Minister; and (b) any imported product that, in the opinion of the Minister, would be a product under paragraph (a) if it were made in Canada by a licensed user. ( préparation approuvée )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
assessment means an assessment under this Act and includes a reassessment. ( cotisation )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
beer means beer or malt liquor as defined in section 4 of the Excise Act . ( bière )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
black stock , in respect of manufactured tobacco, means that the tobacco is stamped but not marked in accordance with any statute of a province to indicate that it is intended for retail sale in a particular province or in particular provinces. ( non ciblé )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
bottle-your-own premises means premises in which, in accordance with the laws of the province in which they are located, alcohol is supplied from a marked special container of alcohol for the purpose of being packaged by a purchaser. ( centre de remplissage libre-service )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
bulk , in respect of alcohol, means alcohol that is not packaged. ( en vrac )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
cannabis has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Cannabis Act . ( cannabis )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
cannabis duty means a duty imposed under section 158.19 or 158.21. ( droit sur le cannabis )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
cannabis excise stamp means a stamp that is issued by the Minister under subsection 158.03(1) and that has not been cancelled under section 158.07. ( timbre d’accise de cannabis )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
cannabis licensee means a person that holds a cannabis licence issued under section 14. ( titulaire de licence de cannabis )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
cannabis plant has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Cannabis Act . ( plante de cannabis )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1 (a)
cannabis product means (a) a product that is cannabis but that is not industrial hemp produced or imported in accordance with the Cannabis Act or the Industrial Hemp Regulations , (b) a product that is an industrial hemp by-product, (c) anything that is made with or contains a product described in paragraph (a) or (b), or (d) a prescribed substance, material or thing, but does not include a prescribed substance, material or thing. ( produit du cannabis )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1 (a)
cigar includes (a) a cigarillo or cheroot; and (b) any roll or tubular construction intended for smoking that consists of a filler composed of pieces of natural or reconstituted leaf tobacco, a binder of natural or reconstituted leaf tobacco in which the filler is wrapped and a wrapper of natural or reconstituted leaf tobacco. ( cigare )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
cigarette includes any roll or tubular construction intended for smoking, other than a cigar or a tobacco stick. If a cigarette exceeds 102 mm in length, each portion of 76 mm or less is considered to be a separate cigarette. ( cigarette )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
Commissioner means the Commissioner of Revenue appointed under section 25 of the Canada Revenue Agency Act . ( commissaire )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
container , in respect of a tobacco product, a cannabis product or a vaping product, means a wrapper, package, carton, box, crate, bottle, vial or other container that contains the tobacco product, cannabis product or vaping product. ( contenant )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
customs bonded carrier means a person who transports or causes to be transported goods in accordance with section 20 of the Customs Act . ( transporteur cautionné )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
customs bonded warehouse means a place that is licensed as a bonded warehouse under the Customs Tariff . ( entrepôt de stockage )
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customs bonded warehouse licensee means a person licensed under the Customs Tariff to operate a bonded warehouse. ( exploitant agréé d’entrepôt de stockage )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
data means representations, in any form, of information or concepts. ( données )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
denature means to denature spirits into denatured alcohol or specially denatured alcohol using prescribed denaturants in the prescribed manner. ( dénaturation )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
denatured alcohol means any prescribed grade of denatured alcohol made from spirits in accordance with the prescribed specification for that grade. ( alcool dénaturé )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
dried cannabis has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Cannabis Act . ( cannabis séché )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1 (a)
dutiable amount , in respect of a cannabis product, means (a) if paragraph (b) does not apply, the amount determined by the formula A × [100%/(100% + B + C)] where A is the total of the following amounts that the purchaser is liable to pay to the vendor by reason of, or in respect of, the sale of the cannabis product: (i) the consideration, as determined for the purposes of Part IX of the Excise Tax Act , for the cannabis product, (ii) any additional consideration, as determined for the purposes of that Part, for the container in which the cannabis product is contained, and (iii) any amount of consideration, as determined for the purposes of that Part, that is in addition to the amounts referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), whether payable at the same or any other time, including, but not limited to, any amount charged for or to make provision for advertising, financing, commissions or any other matter, B is the percentage set out in paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 7, and C is (i) if additional cannabis duty in respect of a specified province is imposed on the cannabis product, the prescribed percentage in respect of the specified province, or (ii) in any other case, 0%; and (b) in prescribed circumstances, the amount determined in prescribed manner. ( somme passible de droits )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
duty means, unless a contrary intention appears, the duty imposed under this Act and the duty levied under section 21.1 or 21.2 of the Customs Tariff and, except in Parts 3 and 4, includes special duty. ( droit )
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duty free shop means a place that is licensed as a duty free shop under the Customs Act . ( boutique hors taxes )
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duty free shop licensee means a person licensed under the Customs Act to operate a duty free shop. ( exploitant agréé de boutique hors taxes )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
duty-paid market means the market for goods in respect of which duty, other than special duty, is payable. ( marché des marchandises acquittées )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1 (a)
duty-paid value means (a) in respect of imported cigars, the value of the cigars as it would be determined for the purpose of calculating an ad valorem duty on the cigars in accordance with the Customs Act , whether or not the cigars are subject to ad valorem duty, plus the amount of any duty imposed on the cigars under section 42 of this Act and section 20 of the Customs Tariff ; and (b) in respect of imported cigars that, when imported, are contained in containers or otherwise prepared for sale, the total of the value of the cigars as determined in accordance with paragraph (a) and the value similarly determined of the container in which they are contained. ( valeur à l’acquitté )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
excise stamp means a tobacco excise stamp, a cannabis excise stamp or a vaping excise stamp. ( timbre d’accise )
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excise warehouse means the premises of an excise warehouse licensee that are specified by the Minister as the excise warehouse of the licensee. ( entrepôt d’accise )
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excise warehouse licensee means a person who holds an excise warehouse licence issued under section 19. ( exploitant agréé d’entrepôt d’accise )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
export means to export from Canada. ( exportation )
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ferment-on-premises facility means the premises of a ferment-on-premises registrant that are specified by the Minister as the registrant’s ferment-on-premises facility. ( vinerie libre-service )
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ferment-on-premises registrant means a person who holds a ferment-on-premises registration issued under section 15. ( exploitant autorisé de vinerie libre-service )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
fiscal half-year means a fiscal half-year as determined under subsection 159(1.1). ( semestre d’exercice )
Excise Act, 2001 — E-14.1
fiscal month means a fiscal month as determined under section 159. ( mois d’exercice )
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fiscal year of a person means the same period that is the person’s fiscal year under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act . ( exercice )