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'''''Schachter v. Canada''''' [1992] 2 S.C.R. 679 is the leading [[Supreme Court of Canada]] (SCC) decision on the [[Legal remedy|remedy]] provisions in [[Section Twenty-four of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|sections 24(1)]] of the ''[[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]'' and 52(1) of the ''[[Constitution Act, 1982]]''.<ref name="SCC" /> The SCC provides a list of remedies available under each section.

Under section 52(1), the impugned law may be subject to any number of remedies: the law may be struck down completely, it may be suspended until remedied by the legislature, it may be read down to avoid the violation, an omission may be read into the law, or the impugned provision may be severed. 

Under section 24(1), the victim of the impugned law may apply for either a constitutional exemption, an [[injunction]], or [[damages]]. 

==See also==
* [[List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Lamer Court)]]

==References==
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|litigants= Schachter v. Canada 
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|reporter= [1992] 2 SCR 679
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|court=[[Supreme Court of Canada]] 
|date= 9 July 1992
|url= https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/903/index.do
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}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{lexum-scc2|1992|2|679|74}}

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