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Telecommunications Act

Version of section 72 from 2002-12-31 to 2026-06-14:


Marginal note:Damages

  •  (1) Subject to any limitation of liability imposed in accordance with this or any other Act, a person who has sustained loss or damage as a result of any act or omission that is contrary to this Act or any special Act or a decision or regulation made under either of them may, in a court of competent jurisdiction, sue for and recover an amount equal to the loss or damage from any person who engaged in, directed, authorized, consented to or participated in the act or omission.

  • Marginal note:Limitation

    (2) An action may not be brought in respect of any loss or damage referred to in subsection (1) more than two years after the day on which the act or omission occurred.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (3) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) applies to any action for breach of a contract to provide telecommunications services or any action for damages in relation to a rate charged by a Canadian carrier.

  • 1993, c. 38, s. 72
  • 2001, c. 4, s. 122(F)

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