1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-345

An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act, the Carriage by Air Act, the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act, the Criminal Code, the Pension Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.S., c. C-17; c. 31 (1st Supp.); c. 13 (2nd Supp.); 1989, c. 6; 1992, c. 46

CANADIAN FORCES SUPERANNUATION ACT

1. Subsection 2(2) of the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act is replaced by the following:

Definition of ``child''

(2) Words in this Act referring to the child of a person include a stepchild of that person, a child born of that person and another person who were not married to each other at the time of the birth who, at the time of that person's death, was being maintained by him and was wholly or substantially dependent on him for support, and an individual adopted either legally or in fact by that person while the individual was under eighteen years of age.

R.S., c. C-26

CARRIAGE BY AIR ACT

2. Section 1 of Schedule II to the Carriage by Air Act is replaced by the following:

1. The liability shall be enforceable for the benefit of such of the members of the passenger's family as sustained damage by reason of the death of the passenger.

In this paragraph, reference to a ``member of a family'' is to a wife or husband, parent, step-parent, grandparent, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, child, step-child or grandchild.

In deducing any such relationship, no person who is an adopted person or who was born of persons who were not married to each other at the time of the birth shall be excluded from that relationship solely by reason of being adopted or having been born of persons who were not married to each other at the time of the birth , as the case may be.

1984, c. 18

CREE-NASKAPI (OF QUEBEC) ACT

3. Paragraph (b) of the definition ``Inuk of Fort George'' (in the singular) or ``Inuit of Fort George'' (in the plural) in subsection 2(1) of the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act is replaced by the following:

    (b) is a descendant of a person described in paragraph (a),

R.S., c. C-46; R.S., cc. 2, 11, 27, 31, 47, 51, 52 (1st Supp.), cc. 1, 24, 27, 35 (2nd Supp.), cc. 10, 19, 30, 34 (3rd Supp.), cc. 1, 23, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 42, 50 (4th Supp.); 1989, c. 2; 1990, cc. 15, 16, 17, 44; 1991, cc. 1, 4, 28, 40, 43; 1992, cc. 1, 11, 20, 21, 22, 27, 38, 41, 47, 51; 1993, cc. 7, 25, 28, 34, 37, 40, 45, 46; 1994, cc. 12, 13, 38, 44; 1995, cc. 5, 19, 22, 27, 29, 32, 39, 42; 1996, cc. 7, 8, 16, 19, 31, 34; 1997, cc. 9, 16, 17, 18, 23, 30

CRIMINAL CODE

4. The definition ``child''in section 214 of the Criminal Code is replaced by the following:

``child''
« enfant »

``child'' includes an adopted child or a child born of persons who were not married to each other at the time of the birth ;

R.S., c. P-6; R.S., c. 16 (1st Supp.); cc. 3, 12 (2nd Supp.); cc. 20, 37 (3rd Supp.); 1989, c. 6; 1990, c. 43; 1992, c. 24; 1995, cc. 17, 18

PENSION ACT

5. The definition ``child'' in subsection 3(1) of the Pension Act is replaced by the following:

``child''
« enfant »

``child'', in relation to a member of the forces or a prisoner of war, means a child born of that member or prisoner and another person, whether or not that person was married to that member or prisoner at the time of the birth , or a stepchild, an adopted child or a foster child of that member or prisoner;

R.S., c. R-11; R.S., c. 13 (2nd Supp.); 1989, c. 6; 1992, c. 46

ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE SUPERANNUATION ACT

6. The definition ``child'' in subsection 3(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act is replaced by the following:

``child''
« enfant »

``child'' includes a child born of persons who were not married to each other at the time of the birth , a stepchild and an adopted child;