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Section 82 — Competition Act: Foreign judgments, etc.

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Where, on application by the Commissioner, the Tribunal finds that a judgment, decree, order or other process given, made or issued by or out of a court or other body in a country other than Canada can be implemented in whole or in part by persons in Canada, by companies incorporated by or pursuant to an Act of Parliament or of the legislature of a province, or by measures taken in Canada, and the implementation in whole or in part of the judgment, decree, order or other process in Canada, would adversely affect competition in Canada, adversely affect the efficiency of trade or industry in Canada without bringing about or increasing in Canada competition that would restore or improve that efficiency, adversely affect the foreign trade of Canada without compensating advantages, or otherwise restrain or injure trade or commerce in Canada without compensating advantages, the Tribunal may, by order, direct that no measures be taken in Canada to implement the judgment, decree, order or process, or no measures be taken in Canada to implement the judgment, decree, order or process except in such manner as the Tribunal prescribes for the purpose of avoiding an effect referred to in subparagraphs (b)(i) to (iv).

Official source: laws-lois.justice.gc.ca

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