The third stage involved specific studies of surviving provisions of the CCLC (enacted in 1866) governing subjects that, after 1867, came within the exclusive jurisdiction of Parliament (for example, marriage, insolvency, maritime law, the Crown and bills of exchange) and that had not been repealed or even amended by the province because it lacked jurisdiction.11 Researchers identified 478 provisions of the 1866 CCLC that were likely to cause problems.12 They also found that 111 of these had been validly repealed, in whole or in part, by Parliament and 64 had been repealed by the pertinent provincial legislature.
La troisième étape comprenait des études particulières de dispositions législatives du C.c.B.-C (adopté en 1866) qui existaient toujours, portaient sur des questions de compétence exclusive du Parlement du Canada depuis 1867 (p. ex. le mariage, l’insolvabilité, le droit maritime, la Couronne et les lettres de change) et n’avaient pu être abrogées ou même modifiées par le Québec, faute de la compétence nécessaire11. Les chercheurs ont recensé 478 articles du C.c.B.-C. de 1866 susceptibles de poser problème12.