61. In any statute, unless otherwise specially provided,
(1) the words “His Majesty”, “Her Majesty”, “the King”, “the Sovereign”, “the Queen”, “the Crown”, mean the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, Canada and His or Her other Realms and Territories, and Head of the Commonwealth;
(2) the words “Governor-General” mean the Governor-General of Canada, or the person administering the Government of Canada; and the words “Lieutenant-Governor”, the Lieutenant-Governor of Québec, or the person administering the Gouvernement du Québec;
(3) the words “Governor-General in Council” mean the Governor-General or person administering the Government, acting with the advice of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada; and the words “Lieutenant-Governor in Council”, the Lieutenant-Governor or person administering the Government, acting with the advice of the Conseil exécutif du Québec;
(4) the words “United Kingdom” mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; the words “United States”, the United States of America; the words “Dominion” and “Canada”, the Dominion of Canada;
(5) the words “the Union” mean the union of the Provinces effected under the British North America Act, 1867, and subsequent Acts;
(6) the words “Lower Canada” mean that part of Canada which heretofore constituted the Province of Lower Canada, and mean now the Province of Québec;
(7) the word “Province”, when used alone, means the Province of Québec; and the qualification “provincial”, added to the word “Act”, “statute” or “law” means an Act, statute or law of Québec;
(8) the words “Federal Parliament” mean the Parliament of Canada; the word “Legislature” or “Parliament” means the Parliament of Québec;
(9) the word “session” means a session of the Parliament, and includes both the day of its opening and the day of its prorogation;
(10) the words “Federal Acts” or “Federal statutes” mean the laws passed by the Parliament of Canada; the words “Act”, “statute” and “law”, whenever used without qualification, mean the Acts, statutes or laws of Parliament;
(11) (paragraph repealed);
(12) the words “Government” or “Executive Government” mean the Lieutenant-Governor and the Conseil exécutif du Québec;
(13) the words “the law officer” or “the law officer of the Crown” mean the Minister of Justice of Québec;
(14) words designating a department or public officer refer to the department or officer of like name for Québec;
(15) (paragraph repealed);
(16) the word “person” includes natural or legal persons, their heirs or legal representatives, unless inconsistent with the statute or with special circumstances of the case;
(17) the name commonly given to a country, place, body, legal person, partnership, officer, functionary, person, party or thing designates and means the country, place, body, legal person, partnership, officer, functionary, person, party or thing thus named, without further description being necessary;
(18) the words “Great Seal” mean the Great Seal of Québec;
(19) the word “commission”, whenever it refers to a commission issued by the Lieutenant-Governor under any statute or order in council, means a commission under the Great Seal, running in the Queen’s name;
(20) the word “proclamation” means a proclamation under the Great Seal;
(21) (paragraph repealed);
(22) (paragraph repealed);
(23) by holidays are understood the following days:
(a) Sundays;
(b) 1 January;
(c) Good Friday;
(d) Easter Monday;
(e) 24 June, the National Holiday;
(f) 1 July, the anniversary of Confederation, or 2 July when 1 July is a Sunday;
(g) the first Monday of September, Labour Day;
(g.1) the second Monday of October;
(h) 25 December;
(i) the day fixed by proclamation of the Governor-General for the celebration of the birthday of the Sovereign;
(j) any other day fixed by proclamation or order of the Government as a public holiday or as a day of thanksgiving;
(24) the word “month” means a calendar month;
(25) the words “now” and “next” apply to the time when the Act becomes executory;
(26) (paragraph repealed);
(27) “bankruptcy” means the condition of a trader who has discontinued his payments;
(28) the word “centin”, used in the French version of the laws of Québec, means the coin called “cent” in the laws of Canada and in the English version of the laws of Québec;
(29) (paragraph repealed).
R. S. 1964, c. 1, s. 61 (part); 1965 (1st sess.), c. 16, s. 21; 1966-67, c. 14, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1978, c. 5, s. 12; 1980, c. 39, s. 62; 1981, c. 14, s. 33; 1981, c. 23, s. 19; 1982, c. 62, s. 157; 1984, c. 46, s. 20; 1986, c. 95, s. 173; 1990, c. 4, s. 527; 1992, c. 57, s. 605; 2001, c. 32, s. 100; 2004, c. 12, s. 24.
