Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act

Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act
Parliament of Canada
  • An Act to authorize the making of orders relating to the production of records and the giving of information for the purposes of proceedings in foreign tribunals, relating to measures of foreign states or foreign tribunals affecting international trade or commerce and in respect of the recognition and enforcement in Canada of certain foreign judgments.
CitationForeign Extraterritorial Measures Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-29[1]
Enacted byParliament of Canada
Assented toDecember 20, 1984[2]
CommencedFebruary 14, 1985
Legislative history
Bill titleC-14
Introduced byMark MacGuigan
Status: In force

The Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (French: Loi sur les mesures extraterritoriales étrangères) is a statute of Canada. The Act was enacted by the Canadian Parliament in 1984 and became effective February 14, 1985, in an attempt to block the extraterritorial application of United States anti-Cuba laws to Canadian corporations. The term Canadian corporation includes Canadian subsidiaries and branches of U.S. companies.

Intent

The general intent of the Act was to preclude the implementation of US law, as it relates to restrictions on trade with Cuba, to businesses in Canada. After passage of the US Act, The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (Helms–Burton Act, Pub.L. 104–114, 110 Stat. 785, 22 U.S.C. §§ 6021–6091) further changes to the Act were approved effective January 1, 1997.

Orders

Orders implementing this Act include:

  1. The Foreign Extraterritorial Measures (United States) Order (1990) dated October 31, 1990 (SOR/90-751)
  2. The Foreign Extraterritorial Measures (United States) Order (1992) (SOR/92-584)
  3. The Foreign Extraterritorial Measures (United States) Order (1996) (SOR/96-84)

References

  1. ^ "Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act". Justice Canada.
  2. ^ "Chapter 41, 33rd Parliament of Canada". Canada Gazette (gif). p. 1867.