C-12 - Charter of human rights and freedoms

Section 76 Disposition versions

1990-12-10

76. Prescription of any civil action respecting the facts alleged in a complaint or revealed by means of an investigation is suspended from the day the complaint is filed with the commission or the day an investigation is commenced by the commission on its own initiative until the earliest of

(1)  the day on which a settlement is reached between the parties;

(2)  the day on which the victim and the complainant are notified that the commission is referring the matter to a tribunal;

(3)  the day on which the victim or the complainant personally institutes proceedings in regard to one of the remedies provided for in sections 49 and 80; and

(4)  the day on which the victim and the complainant are notified that the commission refuses or is ceasing to act.

1975, c. 6, s. 76; 1989, c. 51, s. 5.

1977-12-31

76. The commission must refuse to make or pursue an investigation when it finds that it has no jurisdiction under this act.

1975, c. 6, s. 76.