“ Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, regulation or law, if, with intent to help the enemy, any person does, or attempts or conspires with any other person to do, any act which is designed or likely to give assistance to the naval, military or air operations of the enemy, to impede such operations of His Majesty’s forces, or to endanger life, he shall be guilty of an indictable offence and shall on conviction suffer death. ”

“ Where any person is charged with an offence against section three of this Act before a court martial and charges for other offences are joined in the same charge in accordance with the provisions of the last foregoing subsection, the court shall have jurisdiction to try and to punish the person charged with those offences notwithstanding that they may be offences for which that person would not otherwise be triable by court martial, and the Naval Discipline Act, the Army Act, and the Air Force Act, as aforesaid, shall apply in relation thereto accordingly. ”

“ Section 12 of the Canadian Copyright Act provides a reservation for Crown rights or privileges. Lack of modern case law on the subject makes it unclear whether perpetual prerogative rights over these documents still apply, or whether these rights have lapsed. ”