Age of Majority and Accountability Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. A.7

• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Year: 2000

Age of Majority and Accountability Act

R.S.O. 1990, Chapter A.7

Consolidation Period: From July 25, 2007 to the e-Laws currency date.

Last amendment: 2006, c. 21, Sched. F, s. 101.

Age of majority

1 Every person attains the age of majority and ceases to be a minor on attaining the age of eighteen years. R.S.O. 1990, c. A.7, s. 1.

Application of s. 1

2 Section 1 applies for the purpose of any rule of law in respect of which the Legislature has jurisdiction. R.S.O. 1990, c. A.7, s. 2.

References to “minor” and similar expressions

3 (1) In the absence of a definition or of an indication of a contrary intention, section 1 applies for the construction of the expression “adult”, “full age”, “infant”, “infancy”, “minor”, “minority” and similar expressions in,

(a) any Act of the Legislature or any regulation, rule, order or by-law made under an Act of the Legislature; and

(b) any deed, will or other instrument made on or after the 1st day of September, 1971. R.S.O. 1990, c. A.7, s. 3 (1).

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(2) The use of any expression set out in subsection (1) or any similar expression shall not, in itself, be taken to indicate a contrary intention for the purposes of this section without some further indication of a contrary intention. R.S.O. 1990, c. A.7, s. 3 (2).

References in Federal Acts adopted by reference

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