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Uluslararası Adli İşbirliği
matters and to amend the Criminal Code, the Crown Liability Act and the Immigration Act
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1. This Act may be cited as the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Act.
INTERPRETATION
2. (1) In this Act, agreement” means a treaty, convention or other international agreement
that is in force, to which Canada is a party and that contains a provision respecting mutual legal
assistance in criminal matters; competent authority”means the Attorney General of Canada, the
attorney general of a province or any person or authority with responsibility in Canada for the
investigation or prosecution of offences; data”means representations, in any form, of information
or concepts foreign state” [Repealed, 1999, c. 18, s. 97] International Criminal Court” means the
International Criminal Court as defined in subsection
2(1) of the Crimes Against Humanity andWar Crimes Act; judge”means
(a) in Ontario, a judge of the Superior Court of Justice,
(a.1) in Prince Edward Island, a judge of the trial division of the Supreme Court,
(b) in Quebec, a judge of the Superior Court,
(c) in New Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan, a judge of the Court of
Queen’s Bench, and
(d) in Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Yukon and the Northwest Terri-
tories, a judge of the Supreme Court, and in Nunavut, a judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice;
Minister” means the Minister of Justice; offence” means an offence within the meaning the rele-
vant agreement; record”means any material on which data are recorded or marked and which is
capable of being read or understood by a person or a computer system or other device; request”
means a request for assistance presented pursuant to an agreement; state or entity”means
(a) a state, a province, state or political subdivision of the state, or a colony, depen-
dency, possession, protectorate, condominium, trust territory or any territory falling under the
jurisdiction of the state, that is a party to an agreement with Canada, or
(b) an international criminal court or tribunal, the name of which appears in the sche-
dule. treaty” Repealed, 1999, c. 18, s. 97]
(2) [Repealed, 1999, c. 18, s. 97] S., 1985, c. 30 (4th Supp.), s. 2; 1992, c. 51, s. 58; 1998, 30, s. 14;
1999, c. 3, s. 80, c. 18, s. 97; 2000, c. 24, s. 56; 2002, c. 7, s. 209(E).
3. (1) In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Act and the provisions
of another Act of Parliament, other than the provisions of an Act prohibiting the disclosure of in-
formation or prohibiting its disclosure except under certain conditions, the provisions of this Act
prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.