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Example: <\/strong>Let's pretend that you are looking for changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. <\/em>You pulled up the act on Justice Laws and the currency date was listed as 1 May 2024. <\/p>\n\n

From the LEGISinfo homepage<\/a>, enter the name of your target statute in quotation marks in the search bar (\"Immigration and Refugee Protection Act\"). <\/p>\n\n

From your results page, select \"show more\" to reveal more filters. Change the \"Date Range\" to reflect only bills passed since your currency date (in this example, 1 May 2024). Then select \"Current Status\" and filter to \"Royal Assent Received\" (note: this filter will not show up as an option if there are no bills that meet this criteria within the specified time frame). <\/p>\n\n

Consult the text of any bills on your list to determine if the amendments are important for your legal research question. If they are relevant, check to ensure that they are in force by consulting the commencement information, typically at the end of the bill. Just because an act has received Royal Assent does not mean that the amendments are automatically in force (see Coming into Force of Legislation<\/a> for more detail). <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","subContentId":"8467d38b-63c8-4a90-8e71-c8ab48467350","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"CC BY-NC","title":"Title","authors":[{"name":"ericafriesen","role":"Author"}],"licenseVersion":"4.0"}},"title":"Updating on LEGISinfo (federal)"},{"content":{"params":{"text":"

Example: <\/strong>Let's pretend that you are looking for amendments to the Legislation Act, 2006. <\/em>You pulled up the act on e-Laws and the currency date listed was 1 May 2024. <\/p>\n\n

Unlike LEGISinfo, the Ontario Legislative Assembly's bills website<\/a> does not allow you to conduct a keyword search within bills. Instead, you must manually check all bills that have received Royal Assent since your currency date.<\/p>\n\n

From the bills page, look for any bills that have received Royal Assent since your currency date (in this example, 1 May 2024). Once you have identified one, click into the text of the bill and use Ctl + F to search for the name of your target statute (e.g. \"Legislation Act, 2006\"). <\/p>\n\n

Once you find a bill that amends your target statute, consult the text of the bill to determine if the amendments are important for your legal research question. If they are relevant, check to ensure that they are in force by consulting the commencement information, typically at the end of the bill. Just because an act has received Royal Assent does not mean that the amendments are automatically in force (see Coming into Force of Legislation<\/a> for more detail). <\/p>\n"},"library":"H5P.AdvancedText 1.1","subContentId":"aabee796-a6a7-4344-a3d5-452f7bbfef6b","metadata":{"contentType":"Text","license":"U","title":"Untitled Text"}},"title":"Updating on e-Laws (Ontario)"}],"hTag":"h3"}

Updating Statutes on Justice Laws and e-Laws

Erica Friesen