59 118 In Canada, at the federal level, the Statute Revision Act (Chapter S-20) provides for a continuing revision and consolidation of Canadian statutes and regulations. A permanent Statute Revision Commission, established by the Act, performs duties imposed by the Act under the direction of the Minister of Justice and Attorney- General of Canada. 119 In preparing a revision of the public general statutes of Canada, the Commission has, by section 6 of the Act, powers to— • omit expired, repealed, suspended, or spent provisions • omit provisions that, although enacted as or in public Acts, have reference only  to  a  particular  country,  province,  locality,  place  or  body  politic,  or otherwise have no general application • include provisions that, although enacted as or in private Acts, or although deemed to be local Acts or enactments, are of such a character that they impose  duties  or  obligations  on,  or  limit  the  rights  or  privileges  of,  the public • alter numbering and arrangement • alter language to preserve a uniform mode of expression, without changing the substance of any enactment • make  minor  improvements  in  the  language  of  the  statutes  that  may  be required to bring out more clearly the intention of Parliament, or make the form  of  expression  of  the  statute  in  one  of  the  official  languages  more compatible  with  its  expression  in  the  other  official  language,  without changing the substance of any enactment • make changes in the statutes required to reconcile seemingly inconsistent enactments • correct editing, grammatical, or typographical errors in the statutes.