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Legislation

Links to legislation on this page are divided into the following categories:

1)   Canada
2)   US
3)   UK
4)   Australia | New Zealand | India
5)   Other Countries

1) Canada

The following chart comes from the Bora Laskin Law Library's How to Locate Canadian Current and Historical Legislation:

	Parliaments	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Legislative Business
Canada	Parliament	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	> 1998, < 1998	Journal
BC	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Votes & Proceedings
AB	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Journal
SK	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Journal
MB	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Votes & Proceedings
ON	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Votes & Proceedings
QC	National Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Proceedings
NB	Legislative Assembly	n/a	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Journal
NS	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Part I, Part II	Journal
PE	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Journal
NL	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Journal
NT	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Votes & Proceedings
YK	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	Journal
NU	Legislative Assembly	Debates	Bills	Statutes	Regulations	Gazette	n/a

For historical online legislation, click here for a listing from the Bora Laskin law Library or the Law Society of Upper Canada's Canadian Legislation page.

For historical federal Parliamentary debates and journals dating from 1867 to the early 1990's, see Canadian Parliamentary Resources.

For legislation from other jurisdictions, see:

Law Society of Upper Canada, Australian Legislation
Law Society of Upper Canada, UK & Irish Legislation
Law Society of Upper Canada, US Legislation

Miscellaneous online guides

Selected Federal Statutes Dealing with Legislation

Canada Evidence Act, RSC 1985, c C-5
Interpretation Act, RSC 1985, c I-21
Publication of Statutes Act, RSC 1985, c S-21
Statutes Repeal Act, SC 2008, c 20
Statutory Instruments Act, RSC 1985, c S-22

2) US [top]

Federal

GPO Federal Digital System
Thomas (Library of Congress)
US Constitution (Cornell LII)
US Code (Cornell LII)
Code of Federal Regulations (Cornell LII)
Table of Popular Names (Cornell LII)

State

State Legislative links (Cornell LII)

3) UK [top]

UK Legislation
UK Hansard (1803 - 2005)

4) Australia | New Zealand | India [top]

5) Other Countries [top]