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Cap. 1. the context can apply according to the law of that part of Canada to which such context extends;

“Writing,” “written.” Twelfthly. The words “writing,” “written,” or any term of like import, shall include words printed, painted, engraved, lithographed, or otherwise traced or copied;

“Now” or “next.” Thirteenthly. The word “now” or “next,” shall be construed as having reference to the time when the Act was presented for the Royal Assent;

“Month.” Fourteenthly. The word “month” shall mean a calendar month;

“Holiday.” Fifteenthly. The word “holiday” shall include Sundays, New Year’s Day, the Epiphany, the Annunciation, Good-Friday, the Ascension, Corpus Christi, St. Peter and St Paul’s Day, all Saints Day, Conception Day, Easter Monday, Ash Wednesday, Christmas Day, the Birth day of the reigning Sovereign, and any day appointed by Proclamation for a General Fast or Thanksgiving;

“Oath.” “Sworn.” “Affirmed.” Perjury. Sixteenthly. The word “oath” shall be construed as meaning a solemn affirmation whenever the context applies to any person and case by whom and in which a solemn affirmation may be made instead of an oath, and in like cases the word “sworn” shall include the word “affirmed”;—And in every case where an oath or  affirmation is directed to be made before any person or officer, such person or officer shall have full power and authority to administer the same and to certify its having been made;—  And the wilful making of any false statement in any such oath or affirmation, shall be wilful and corrupt perjury,—and the wilful making of any false statement in any declaration required by any Act, shall be a misdemeanor punishable as wilful and corrupt perjury;

“Sureties.” “Security.” Seventeenthly. The word “sureties” shall mean sufficient sureties, and the word “security” shall mean sufficient security, and where those words are used, one person shall be sufficient therefor unless otherwise expressly required.

“Superior Courts.” Eighteenthly. The words “Superior Courts” shall denote in the Province of Ontario, the Court of Queens Bench, the Court of Common Pleas and the Court of Chancery in the said Province; in the Province of Quebec the said words shall denote the Court of Queens Bench and the Superior court in and for the said Province; and in the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick the said words shall denote the Supreme Court in and for each of the said Provinces respectively.

“Registrar,” “Register.”  Nineteenthly. The words “Registrar” or “Register” in any Act, applying to the whole Dominion, shall mean and include indifferently Registrars and Registers in the several Provinces constituting the Dominion, and their Deputies, respectively; Twentiethly.