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Royal Assent and Publication as a new chapter

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1.1.3 Royal Assent

Once a bill has passed through three readings, has been examined by a committee in both Houses of Parliament and is voted upon at the third reading, it must receive Royal Assent. At this stage, the bill becomes an Act and it is assigned a chapter number in the Annual Statutes of Canada.

An Act will always have an official title and a short title, the latter appearing at section 1.

An amending law does not have a short title, only an official title.

Citation standard: CGULC, 6th ed., 2.1.1 Statutes

Provide the official short title of the statute. If no official short title is provided, use the title found at the head of the statute.

Examples :

Civil Marriage Act, S.C. 2005, c. 41

An Act to Amend the Insurance Companies Act, S.C. 1999, c.1.

N.B. Under the terms of article 5 the Interpretation Act, the endorsement of the date of Royal Assent is an integral part of the Act.

1.1.4 Publication of an act as a separate chapter or within the "Acts of Parliament"

Once a bill receives Royal Assent and therefore has the status of an Act, the text of the act is published as a separate chapter in the annual volumes or as an Act of Parliament.

See the Publication of Statutes Act, (R.S., 1985, c. S-21, s.9).

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