Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act

The Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (French: Loi sur les mesures extraterritoriales étrangères) 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.
CitationForeign Extraterritorial Measures Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. F-29
Enacted byParliament of Canada
Assented toDecember 20, 1984
CommencedFebruary 14, 1985
Legislative history
Bill titleC-14
Introduced byMark MacGuigan
Status: In force
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