Canada Labour Code

Marginal note:Notice to furnish information

• 253 (1) Where the Minister is authorized to require a person to furnish information under this Part or the regulations, the Minister may require the information to be furnished by a notice to that effect served by personal service, by registered mail addressed to the latest known address of the addressee, or by any other means prescribed by regulation, and that person

  • (a) if the notice is sent by registered mail, shall be deemed to have received the notice on the seventh day after the day on which it was mailed; and

  • (b) shall furnish the information within such reasonable time as is specified in the notice.

• Marginal note:Proof of service

  (2) A certificate purporting to be signed by the Minister certifying that a notice was sent by registered mail or by any other means prescribed by regulation to the addressee, accompanied by a true copy of the notice and by an identifying post office certificate of the registration or other proof, prescribed by regulation, that the notice has been sent or received, is admissible in evidence and is proof of the statements contained in the certificate, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the certificate.

• Marginal note:Proof of failure to comply

  (3) Where the Minister is authorized to require a person to furnish information under this Part or the regulations, a certificate of the Minister certifying that the information has not been furnished is admissible in evidence and in the absence of any evidence to the contrary is proof of the statements contained therein.

• Marginal note:Proof of documents

  (4) A certificate of the Minister certifying that a document annexed thereto is a document or a true copy of the document made by or on behalf of the Minister shall be admitted in evidence and has the same force and effect as if it had been proven in the ordinary way.

• Marginal note:Proof of authority

  (5) A certificate under this section signed or purporting to be signed by the Minister is admissible in evidence without proof of the Minister’s appointment or signature.

• Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act

  (6) The Statutory Instruments Act does not apply in respect of notices referred to in subsection (1).