This file contains Order-in-Council PC 1946-45, dated 08 January 1946. PC 1946-45 relates to the legal action taken by Utaka Shimoyama and Yae Nasu against the Attorney General of Canada in response to Orders-in-Council PC 1945-7355, 1945-7356, and 1945-7357 and the following Order-in-Council PC 1945-7414 which made all actions taken under the War Measures Act legal under the National Emergency Transitional Powers Act, 1945. Specifically, this Order-in-Council referred the following question to the Supreme Court of Canada, therefore beginning the process that lead to the famous Reference Re Persons of the Japanese Race case: "Are the Orders in Council, dated the 15th day of December, 1945, being PC 1945-7355, 1945-7356, and 1945-7357, ultra vires of the Governor in Council either in whole or in part and, if so, in what particular or particulars and to what extent?"