Department of Justice Fonds

Description

Title Proper	Department of Justice Fonds
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized	1939-1962
General material designation	From this fonds, LOI has digitized 30 textual records or images.
Scope and content	This fonds contains seventeen series containing correspondence, reports, and letters regarding the following: Order-in-Council reports passed under the War Measures Act; the restricted areas on the coast of British Columbia; Japanese Canadian–owned land in British Columbia; discussion of property owned by Japanese Canadian associations; the "repatriation" of German Canadians; the various expenses of the Bird Commission; the deportation of Japanese Canadians under habeas corpus; correspondence regarding the "relocation" of Japanese Canadians; correspondence regarding the confiscation of Canadian passports from Japanese Canadians; reports regarding the rights of Japanese Canadians re-entering Canada; the power of the Custodian of Enemy Property to forcibly liquidate Japanese Canadian property; newspaper reports regarding the Black Dragon Society; correspondence discussing amendments made to the solider settlement Veterans' Land Act; and reports concerning the Japanese Language School of Vancouver.
Name of creator	Canada. Department of Justice created this archive.
Immediate source of acquisition	The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

Structure

Repository

Library and Archives Canada

Digital Objects (30)

File 145670: External Affairs - Repatriation of German Civilians. 1943/08/12. File.

File 147715: Labour - Report on Administration of Japanese Affairs in Canada. 1944/10/10. File.

File 152189: Justice - Japanese Claims Commission - Expenses. 1948. File.

File 152189-5: Justice - Japanese Claims Commission - Corp. Claims - Details of Settlements Recommended. 1948.

Proposed Amendement to Order-in-Council P.C. 2483 Limiting Liability to Assets Vested in any Specific Case

File 9-152268: Deportation of Japanese - Status as British Subjects Whether a Person of the Japanese Race who Voluntarily went to Japan Whether Naturalized or Born in Canada Can Be Refused Admission to Canada. Whether the Minister of Labour May Issue Deportation. 1947-01-16. File.

Japanese Canadian Relocation & Re-Establishment Act, 1946 Drafting of the Bill Respecting the Re-establishment of Persons of the Japanese Race Constitutional Issue Regarding the Movement of Persons As Outlined in s4 of the Bill & the Justification. 1946-01-01. [Part 1]

Japanese Canadian Relocation & Re-Establishment Act, 1946 Drafting of the Bill Respecting the Re-establishment of Persons of the Japanese Race Constitutional Issue Regarding the Movement of Persons As Outlined in s4 of the Bill & the Justification. 1946-01-01. [Part 2]

Deported Japanese - Passports Opinion Whether the Japanese Proceeding to Japan on May 28th Should Be Required to Surrender their Passport to Canadian Authorities Naturalization Act C138 RSC 1927. 1946-05-13.

File 9-152268: Deportation of Japanese - Status as British Subjects Whether a Person of the Japanese Race Who Voluntarily Went to Japan Whether Naturalized Or Born in Canada Can Be Refused Admission to Canada. Whether the Minister of Labour May Issue Deportation. 1947-01-16. File.

Disposition of Japanese property and the Power of the Custodian to Liquidate This

Internment of Enemy Aliens Appeals Made By Enemy Aliens Against Internment Set Out in Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of Regulation 26 of the A/M Regulations. Defence of Canada Regulations s26, p1, p2 and p3.

Defence of Canada Regulations Acquisition of Land by Japanese and Controlled Companies. Defence of Canada regulations, Regulation 39E.

Inquiries Act Part 1; Judge JCA Cameron; Black Dragon Society British Columbia; (BC) Operations of The Black Dragon Society B.C. Articles in Vancouver News Herald. Appointment of Hon. Judge J.C.A. Cameron Commissioner. Inquiries Act Part 1.

Soldier Settlement and Veteran’s Land Act - Order-in-Council P.C. 10472, Nov. 19 1942, and Order-in-Council P.C. 2867, April 29, 1943 (Reduction of Indebtedness)

Amendment of Regulation 39E of the Defence of Canada Regulations; Persons Holding Land or Crops for the Benefit of any person of the Japanese Race … May 23, 1944

File 161407, Part 1: War Claims Commission Claims Against the Custodian of Enemy Property War Claims Commission. Judges Act s37. [1946-1958].

File 161407-1, Part 1: War Claims Interim Compensation; Regulations Proposed War Claims Interim Compensation Regulations. [1954-1958].

File 161407, Part 3 [File Pocket 1]: War Claims Commission Claims Against the Custodian of Enemy Property War Claims Commission. Judges Act s37. [1946-1958].

File 9-148587: Japanese School of Languages; 1672 West First Avenue, Vancouver, BC Whether the Dept. of National Defence Is Under Any Legal Obligation to Reimburse The Custodian of Enemy Property for Damages to the A/M Premises Which Were Leased by the Dept. From the Custodian. Determination That the Word Custodian is an Alernative Name for the Secretary of State and Therefore There is No Relationship of Landlord and Tenant Between the Custodian and the Crown Because There is No Legal Liability of That Kind Between One Department or Minister of the Government to Another. Statute: Trading with the Enemy Regulations (1943) s6. 1945/02/12-1945/12/31.

The Continuation of Transitional; Measures Act 1947 Whether a Proposed Modification of Order In Council P.C. 7355 of Dec. 15, 1945 Regarding Repatriation of Japanese to Japan is a Revocation Within the Meaning of the A/M Act. Statute: The Continuation of Transitional Measures Act 1947 s4 [microfiche]. 1947/11/22-1947/12/31.

Exemption for Persons of Japanese Race; From Operation of Evacuation Orders Suggested Change in Procedure as to Whether Recommendations for Exemption Should Come from the RCMP or the Commissioner of Japanese Placement as the Final Step. 1943/12/18-1944/03/13.

Deportation of Aliens - Japanese Regarding A/M Act, Statute: War Measures Act s3. 1945/09/14-1946/06/15.

Japanese Deportation Policy Drating of Proposed Deportation Procedure & Development of Corresponding Authorities Including the Order for Deportation Made Under Order In Council PC 7355 of December 15, 1945. 1946/02/13-1946/02/27.

Of Transitional Measures Act. 1945/12/13-1949/02/05.

Japanese lands in the pacific coast; defence area draft recommendation to council regarding Japanese lands in the pacific coast defence area compulsorily evacuated by the Japanese farmers - proposed disposition of these lands. Limitation of the operation of the order to persons wholly of the Japanese race. Defence of Canada regulations (Consolidation) 1941 #4. 1942/05/01 - 1942/06/06.

Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal; Committee Question of Custody & Disposal of Japanese Owned Fishing Vessels & Equipment Seized on the West Coast of Canada, Which is Under the Supervision of the A/M Committee, in Cases Where the Original Owners Do Not Wish to Sell. Reference to Orders in Council P.C. 6247 Dated July 20, 1942 & P.C. 9761 Dated Dec. 16, 1941. 1942/05/15-1942/08/17.

Co-Operative Committee on Japanese-Canadians & the Attorney General of; Saskatchewan vs. the Attorenys General of Canada & British Columbia Appeal to the Privy Council (# 58 of 1946) from the Supreme Court of Canada & Judgement Dated Dec. 2, 946 on a Reference as to whether the Orders in Council Dated Dec. 15, 1945 Being P.C. 7355, 7356 & 7357 are Ultra Vires of the Governor in Council in Whole or in Part in Relation to Persons of the Japanese Race - Co-operative Committee on Japanese: Deportation. War Measures Act RSC1927, C206, s2, s3, s66 National Emergency Transitional [...]

Japanese Associations & Societies. Whether Property Belonging to Them in Connection with Churches & Social Purposes for Which the Members are Japanese Persons has been Vested in the Custodian Under the Provisions of Orders in Council PC 1665 of March 4, 1942 (AS Amended by PC 2483 of March 27, 1942 & PC 2541 of March 30, 1942 & PC 3213 of April 21, 1942 & PC 946 of Feb. 5, 1943). Definition of the Phrase Persons of the Japanese Race. Statutes: National Emergency Transitional Powers Act 1945 S2(1)(c)(e)1947/01/10-1947/02/08.

File HQDOJ-9-192528, Part 1: ** (Japanese) Against Canadian Government Arising from Maltreatment Received in Connection with the Removal of Japanese from Canadian Westcoast During World War II.

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