Merchant Seamen Compensation Act

Marginal note:Order enforced as judgment of court

21 An order of the Board for the payment of compensation by an employer or any other order of the Board for the payment of money made under the authority of this Act, or a copy of the order certified by the Secretary of the Board or other person duly authorized by the Board to be a true copy, may be filed with

• (a) if the employer resides or carries on business in the Province of Quebec, the clerk of the Superior Court of Quebec,

• (a.1) if the employer resides or carries on business in the Province of Ontario, the clerk of the Superior Court of Justice for the region in which the employer resides or carries on business,

• (a.2) if the employer resides or carries on business in the Province of Nova Scotia, the prothonotary of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia for the judicial district in which the employer resides or carries on business,

• (b) if the employer resides or carries on business in the Province of New Brunswick, Manitoba or Alberta, the clerk of the Court of Queen’s Bench of that province for the judicial district in which the employer resides or carries on business,

• (c) if the employer resides or carries on business in the Province of Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland, the clerk of the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of the Province,

• (c.1) if the employer resides or carries on business in the Province of British Columbia, the registrar of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, or

• (d) if the employer resides or carries on business in the Province of Saskatchewan, the Local Registrar of the Court of Queen’s Bench for the judicial centre in which the employer resides or carries on business,

and may be enforced as a judgment of that Court.