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Versions of s. 26(1)

C-5 — Canada Evidence Act · 2 versions · View current text

Historical text comes from the Justice Laws point-in-time corpus and is unofficial — not the official version.

  1. 2005-04-01 to present available View Source
    A copy of any entry in any book kept in any office or department of the Government of Canada, or in any commission, board or other branch ofin the federal public service of Canada,administration, shall be admitted as evidence of that entry, and of the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded, if it is proved by the oath or affidavit of an officer of the office or department, commission, board or other branch ofin the federal public service of Canadaadministration that the book was, at the time of the making of the entry, one of the ordinary books kept in the office, department, commission, board or other branch ofin the federal public service of Canada,administration, that the entry was made in the usual and ordinary course of business of the office, department, commission, board or other branch ofin the federal public service of Canadaadministration and that the copy is a true copy thereof.
    Full text

    A copy of any entry in any book kept in any office or department of the Government of Canada, or in any commission, board or other branch in the federal public administration, shall be admitted as evidence of that entry, and of the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded, if it is proved by the oath or affidavit of an officer of the office or department, commission, board or other branch in the federal public administration that the book was, at the time of the making of the entry, one of the ordinary books kept in the office, department, commission, board or other branch in the federal public administration, that the entry was made in the usual and ordinary course of business of the office, department, commission, board or other branch in the federal public administration and that the copy is a true copy thereof.

  2. 2003-01-01 to 2005-04-01 View Source

    A copy of any entry in any book kept in any office or department of the Government of Canada, or in any commission, board or other branch of the public service of Canada, shall be admitted as evidence of that entry, and of the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded, if it is proved by the oath or affidavit of an officer of the office or department, commission, board or other branch of the public service of Canada that the book was, at the time of the making of the entry, one of the ordinary books kept in the office, department, commission, board or other branch of the public service of Canada, that the entry was made in the usual and ordinary course of business of the office, department, commission, board or other branch of the public service of Canada and that the copy is a true copy thereof.