Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

s. 273 Terminology

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

Last verified: June 2026 · Source: justice.gc.ca

The law says

IRPA s. 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.

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Each of these is its own section of the Act, numbered after section 273.

IRPA s. 273.1

What that means

This was a wording clean-up. It changed terms across other federal laws so they matched this Act. The updated words are part of those laws now.

The law says

273.1 [Amendments]