Databases: Canada: Ontario e-Laws

Updated and Enhanced. e-Laws is a database of Ontario’s statutes and regulations, both consolidated and source law.

The e-Laws database is updated continually. Specific information about the currency of consolidated law on e-Laws is contained within each consolidated statute and regulation. New source law is usually published on e-Laws within two business days.

New e-Laws features include:

* Updated look and feel
* Current Consolidated law given prominence to assist new and occasional users
* More precise currency information for consolidated law
* Direct link from home page to the most frequently accessed laws
* Search and Browse functions available on a single web page for each ‘category’ of law
* Basic and advanced search capacities combined for easier searching
* Search and Browse functions available for Period in Time and Repealed, Revoked and Spent law
* Detailed Legislative History tables available for regulations (formerly available
only for statutes)
* Updated, issue-specific “Help” text
* Expanded FAQs and Glossary

Source: Government of Ontario (via Basefsky’s IWS Documented News Service)

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