Section 781 — Criminal Code: Want of proof of order in council

No order, conviction or other proceeding shall be quashed or set aside, and no defendant shall be discharged, by reason only that evidence has not been given of a proclamation or order of the Governor in Council or the lieutenant governor in council; of rules, regulations or by-laws made by the Governor in Council under an Act of Parliament or by the lieutenant governor in council under an Act of the legislature of the province; or of the publication of a proclamation, order, rule, regulation or by-law in the Canada Gazette or in the official gazette for the province. Proclamations, orders, rules, regulations and by-laws mentioned in subsection (1) and the publication thereof shall be judicially noticed.