Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act

The Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (the Act) is a statute of Canada. The Act was enacted by the Canadian Parliament in 1984 and became effective February 14, 1985, in an attempt to block the extraterritorial application of United States anti-Cuba laws to Canadian corporations. The term Canadian corporation includes Canadian subsidiaries and branches of U.S. companies.

Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act
Parliament of Canada
Long title An Act to authorize the making of orders relating to the production of records and the giving of information for the purposes of proceedings in foreign tribunals, relating to measures of foreign states or foreign tribunals affecting international trade or commerce and in respect of the recognition and enforcement in Canada of certain foreign judgments.
Citation	Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-29[1]
Enacted by	Parliament of Canada
Assented to	1984
Commenced	February 14, 1985
Legislative history
Bill	C-38
Introduced by	Mark MacGuigan
Status: In force

Intent

The general intent of the Act was to preclude the implementation of US law, as it relates to restrictions on trade with Cuba, to businesses in Canada. After passage of the US Act, The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (Helms–Burton Act, Pub.L. 104–114, 110 Stat. 785, 22 U.S.C. §§ 6021–6091) further changes to the Act were approved effective January 1, 1997.

Orders

Orders implementing this Act include:

1. The Foreign Extraterritorial Measures (United States) Order (1990) dated October 31, 1990 (SOR/90-751)
2. The Foreign Extraterritorial Measures (United States) Order (1992) (SOR/92-584)
3. The Foreign Extraterritorial Measures (United States) Order (1996) (SOR/96-84)

References

1. "Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act". Justice Canada.

External links

• "Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act". Justice Canada.