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PART 5: Transitional Provisions, Consequential and Related Amendments, Coordinating Amendments, Repeals and Coming into Force
§273

Terminology

Terminology

🍁 In Simple Terms

Housekeeping from 2002: wherever another regulation or federal instrument still said "Immigration Act", the name was swapped for this Act. It is a find-and-replace across the statute book, and it changes nothing about what anyone has to do.

Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text: IRPA Section 273

273 Unless the context requires otherwise, “Immigration Act” is replaced by “Immigration and Refugee Protection Act” in (a)any regulation, as defined in section 2 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and (b)any other instrument made(i)in the execution of a power conferred by or under an Act of Parliament, or(ii)by or under the authority of the Governor in Council.

Related Subsections
s.273.1

273.1 [Amendments]

In Practice
Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPA s. 273 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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