Constitution Act, 1982 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1982
Where any portion of the Constitution of Canada has been or is enacted in English and French or where a French version of any portion of the Constitution is enacted pursuant to section 55, the English and French versions of that portion of the Constitution are equally authoritative.
- Jurisdiction
- Canada
- Provision
- 56
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- in force
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Official sourceWhere any portion of the Constitution of Canada has been or is enacted in English and French or where a French version of any portion of the Constitution is enacted pursuant to section 55, the English and French versions of that portion of the Constitution are equally authoritative. Marginal note: English and French versions of this Act
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Constitution Act, 1982 / Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 · laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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