Nunavut Act (S.C. 1993, c. 28)
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Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2013-03-08. Previous Versions
Marginal note:Jurisdiction to try criminal cases
35. (1) A judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice has and may exercise and perform, anywhere in Canada, all the powers, duties and functions of the Court with respect to any criminal offence committed or charged to have been committed in Nunavut.
Marginal note:Application of laws
(2) All laws applicable to criminal proceedings in Nunavut apply in like manner to proceedings held under this section at any place outside Nunavut.
Marginal note:Enforcement of decisions
(3) Any judgment, conviction, sentence or order pronounced or made in any proceedings held under this section outside Nunavut may be enforced or executed at the place at which it is pronounced or made or elsewhere, either in or outside Nunavut, as the judge of the Court may direct, and the proper officers of Nunavut have and may exercise all powers and authority necessary for the enforcement or execution thereof at the place where it is directed to be enforced or executed, notwithstanding that the place is not in Nunavut.
- 1993, c. 28, s. 35;
- 1999, c. 3, s. 6.
Court of Appeal of Nunavut
Marginal note:Sittings
36. The Court of Appeal of Nunavut may sit in Nunavut and, unless the laws of the Legislature made after the coming into force of section 3 provide otherwise, in any other place in Canada.
- 1993, c. 28, s. 36;
- 1998, c. 15, s. 6.
Repeal
Marginal note:Repeal
37. Sections 32 to 36 and this section are repealed on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
PART II
GENERAL
Official Languages
Marginal note:Official languages ordinance
38. The law of the Legislature that, under subsection 29(1), is the duplicate of the ordinance of the Northwest Territories entitled the Official Languages Act may not be repealed, amended or otherwise rendered inoperable by the Legislature without the concurrence of Parliament by way of a resolution, if that repeal, amendment or measure that otherwise renders that law inoperable would have the effect of diminishing the rights and services provided for in that ordinance as enacted on June 28, 1984 and amended on June 26, 1986.
- 1993, c. 28, s. 38;
- 1998, c. 15, s. 7.
Nunavut Consolidated Revenue Fund
Marginal note:Nunavut C.R.F.
39. (1) All public moneys and revenue over which the Legislature has the power of appropriation shall form a fund to be known as the Nunavut Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Marginal note:Establishment of accounts
(2) The Commissioner may establish, in the name of the Government of Nunavut, accounts for the deposit of public moneys and revenue with any member of the Canadian Payments Association or any local cooperative credit society that is a member of a central cooperative credit society having membership in that Association.
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