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Sections 1 to 77

Schedule I - Government Institutions subject to the Act

Schedule II - Section 24,
Statutory Prohibitions

Extension Order, No. 1 to right of access

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Sections 3 and 8 of the Privacy Act

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REVIEW BY THE FEDERAL COURT

Burden of proof

48. In any proceedings before the Court arising from an application under section 41 or 42, the burden of establishing that the head of a government institution is authorized to refuse to disclose a record requested under this Act or a part thereof shall be on the government institution concerned. 19R.S. 1985, c. A-1, s.48.

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