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Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2013

An Act to implement conventions, protocols, agreements and a supplementary convention, concluded between Canada and Namibia, Serbia, Poland, Hong Kong, Luxembourg and Switzerland, for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes

Canada (Federal)· T-1.7· 15 sections· current to 2014-01-01In force

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Sections15

  • 1Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2013.

  • 2

    The Canada–Namibia Tax Convention Act, 2013, whose text is as follows and whose Schedules 1 and 2 are set out in Schedule 1 to this Act, is enacted:

  • 3

    The Canada–Serbia Tax Convention Act, 2013, whose text is as follows and whose Schedules 1 and 2 are set out in Schedule 2 to this Act, is enacted:

  • 4

    The Canada–Poland Tax Convention Act, 2013, whose text is as follows and whose Schedules 1 and 2 are set out in Schedule 3 to this Act, is enacted:

  • 5

    The Canada–Hong Kong Tax Agreement Act, 2013, whose text is as follows and whose Schedules 1 and 2 are set out in Schedule 4 to this Act, is enacted:

  • 6

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  • 8

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  • 9Instruments approved

    The Protocol and the Agreement set out in Schedule 5 are approved and have the force of law in Canada during the period that, by their terms, they are in force.

  • *10Notification

    The Minister of Finance must cause a notice of the day on which the Protocol and the Agreement set out in Schedule 5 enter into force to be published in the Canada Gazette within 60 days after their entry into force. [Note: Protocol and Agreement in force December 10, 2013, see Canada Gazette Part I, Volume 148, page 160.]

  • *11Coming into force

    Sections 6 to 8 come into force on January 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the Protocol and the Agreement set out in Schedule 5 enter into force. [Note: Sections 6 to 8 in force January 1, 2014, see Canada Gazette Part I, Volume 148, page 160.]

  • 12Supplementary convention approved

    The Supplementary Convention set out in Schedule 6 is approved and has the force of law in Canada during the period that, by its terms, it is in force.

  • *13Notification

    The Minister of Finance must cause a notice of the day on which the Supplementary Convention set out in Schedule 6 enters into force to be published in the Canada Gazette within 60 days after its entry into force. [Note: Convention in force October 31, 2013, see Canada Gazette Part I, Volume 147, page 2725.]

  • 14Inconsistent laws

    For greater certainty, subject to the provisions of the Income Tax Conventions Interpretation Act, the provisions of the Convention between the Government of Canada and the Swiss Federal Council for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital, done at Berne on 5 May 1997, as altered by the Protocol done on October 22, 2010 and the Supplementary Convention set out in Schedule 6, prevail over the provisions of any other law to the extent of the inconsistency.

  • 15Coordination

    For greater certainty, subject to sections 12 and 13, section 19 of An Act to implement conventions between Canada and Morocco, Canada and Pakistan, Canada and Singapore, Canada and the Philippines, Canada and the Dominican Republic and Canada and Switzerland for the avoidance of double taxation with respect to income tax applies to the Convention between the Government of Canada and the Swiss Federal Council for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital, done at Berne on 5 May 1997, as altered by the Protocol done on October 22, 2010 and the Supplementary Convention set out in Schedule 6.