Formal Documents Regulations — 4
4 Commissions under the Great Seal, to be affixed by the Registrar General, shall issue to persons appointed to the following offices: Appointees Signatures (1) Governor General The Sovereign, Prime Minister, Registrar General. (2) Federal Cabinet Ministers and Members of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada not of the Cabinet Governor General, Registrar General, Attorney General. (3) Lieutenant-Governors of Provinces Governor General, Registrar General, Attorney General. (4) Provincial Administrators Governor General, Deputy Registrar General, Deputy Attorney General. (5) Ambassadors, officers having the rank of Ambassador who are not included in any other category contained in these Regulations, High Commissioners and Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Governor General, Registrar General, Attorney General. (6) Federally appointed Judges Governor General, Registrar General, Attorney General. (7) [Repealed, SOR/2005-187, s. 2] (8) Senators Governor General, Registrar General. (9) Officers of Parliament: (a) Speaker of the Senate Governor General, Registrar General, Attorney General. (b) Clerk of the Senate, Clerk of the House of Commons, Sergeant-at-Arms, Parliamentary Librarian, Associate Parliamentary Librarian and Usher of the Black Rod Governor General, Deputy Registrar General, Deputy Attorney General. (10) Deputy Ministers and officers having the rank of Deputy Minister who are not included in any other category contained in these Regulations Governor General, Deputy Registrar General, Deputy Attorney General. (11) Regular members and officers of permanent federal commissions, boards and corporations Governor General, Deputy Registrar General, Deputy Attorney General. (12) Regular members of permanent international commissions Governor General, Deputy Registrar General, Deputy Attorney General. (13) Commissioners under the Inquiries Act Governor General, Deputy Registrar General, Deputy Attorney General. (14) Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories Governor General, Registrar General, Attorney General. (14.1) Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut Governor General, Registrar General, Attorney General. (15) Commissioner and Administrator of the Yukon Territory Governor General, Registrar General, Attorney General. (16) Chief of the Defence Staff Governor General, Registrar General, Attorney General. (17) Commissioner and Officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police upon their first appointment to the rank of an officer Governor General, Deputy Registrar General, Deputy Attorney General. (18) Federally appointed Queen’s Counsel Governor General, Deputy Registrar General, Deputy Attorney General. (19) Commissioners to administer oaths (whether oaths of allegiance and office, affidavits for use in the Supreme and Federal Courts or any other oaths or affidavits) Governor General, Deputy Registrar General, Deputy Attorney General. (20) Persons to whom the issuance of a commission under the Great Seal is provided for by law and who are not included in any other category contained in this section To bear such signatures as the Registrar General prescribes, in the absence of any applicable provision with respect thereto. SOR/2005-187, s. 2