Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 35 — Electronic version of statutory form
If a provision of an Act of Parliament establishes a form, the responsible authority in respect of that provision may make regulations respecting an electronic form that is substantially the same as…
Section 36 — Documents as evidence or proof
A provision of a federal law that provides that a certificate or other document signed by a minister or public officer is proof of any matter or thing, or is admissible in evidence, is, subject to…
Section 37 — Retention of documents
A requirement under a provision of a federal law to retain a document for a specified period is satisfied, with respect to an electronic document, by the retention of the electronic document if the…
Section 38 — Notarial act
A reference in a provision of a federal law to a document recognized as a notarial act in the province of Quebec is deemed to include an electronic version of the document if the electronic version…
Section 39 — Seals
A requirement under a provision of a federal law for a person’s seal is satisfied by a secure electronic signature that identifies the secure electronic signature as the person’s seal if the federal…
Section 40 — Requirements to provide documents or information
A provision of a federal law requiring a person to provide another person with a document or information, other than a provision referred to in any of sections 41 to 47, is satisfied by the provision…
Section 41 — Writing requirements
A requirement under a provision of a federal law for a document to be in writing is satisfied by an electronic document if the federal law or the provision is listed in Schedule 2 or 3; and the…
Section 42 — Original documents
A requirement under a provision of a federal law for a document to be in its original form is satisfied by an electronic document if the federal law or the provision is listed in Schedule 2 or 3; the…
Section 43 — Signatures
Subject to sections 44 to 46, a requirement under a provision of a federal law for a signature is satisfied by an electronic signature if the federal law or the provision is listed in Schedule 2 or…
Section 44 — Statements made under oath
A statement required to be made under oath or solemn affirmation under a provision of a federal law may be made in electronic form if the person who makes the statement signs it with that person’s…
Section 45 — Statements declaring truth, etc.
A statement required to be made under a provision of a federal law declaring or certifying that any information given by a person making the statement is true, accurate or complete may be made in…
Section 46 — Witnessed signatures
A requirement under a provision of a federal law for a signature to be witnessed is satisfied with respect to an electronic document if each signatory and each witness signs the electronic document…
Section 47 — Copies
A requirement under a provision of a federal law for one or more copies of a document to be submitted is satisfied by the submission of an electronic document if the federal law or the provision is…
Section 48 — Regulations
Subject to subsection (2), the Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Treasury Board, make regulations prescribing technologies or processes for the purpose of the definition secure…
Section 49 — Amendment of schedules
For the purposes of sections 38 to 47, the responsible authority in respect of a provision of a federal law may, by order, amend Schedule 2 or 3 by adding or striking out a reference to that federal…
Section 50 — Regulations
For the purposes of sections 41 to 47, the responsible authority in respect of a provision of a federal law may make regulations respecting the application of those sections to the provision. Without…
Section 51 — Effect of striking out listed provision
The striking out of a reference to a federal law or provision in Schedule 2 or 3 does not affect the validity of anything done in compliance with any regulation made under section 50 that relates to…
Section * 72 — Coming into force
Parts 1 to 5 or any provision of those Parts come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council made on the recommendation of in the case of Parts 1 and 2 or any…