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Bill C-77

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    (b) any decision of the Commission in respect of any matters arbitrated by it.

New collective agreement

(2) Each collective agreement amended by subsection (1), or each new agreement drafted by the Commission pursuant to subsection 55(2), as the case may be, constitutes a new collective agreement that, subject to subsection (3), is effective and binding on the parties thereto for a period beginning on the day on which the report of the Commission is submitted to the Minister and ending on the day fixed by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 55(1)(b), notwithstanding anything in Part I of the Canada Labour Code, and that Part applies in respect of the new collective agreement as if it had been entered into pursuant to that Part.

Coming into effect of provisions

(3) A new collective agreement established by this Part may provide that any provision thereof is effective and binding on a day before or after the day on which the new collective agreement becomes effective and binding.

Proceedings prohibited

60. No order shall be made, no process shall be entered into and no proceeding shall be taken in any court

    (a) to question the establishment of a Commission or the appointment of any member of a Commission; or

    (b) to review, prohibit or restrain any proceeding or decision of a Commission.

Costs

Costs to be paid by Her Majesty

61. (1) Subject to subsection (2), all costs relating to the establishment of each Commission and the exercise of its duties shall be paid by Her Majesty in right of Canada.

Costs to be paid by employer and unions

(2) The employer and the union representing a bargaining unit in respect of which a Commission was established shall each pay their own costs incurred in relation to the application of this Part, and each shall pay the fees and expenses of the member of the Commission who is appointed, or deemed to have been appointed, by it.

Recovery

(3) All amounts paid by Her Majesty in right of Canada in respect of a Commission are debts due to Her Majesty in right of Canada and may be recovered as such, in equal parts, in any court of competent jurisdiction from the employer and the union representing the bargaining unit in respect of which the Commission was established.

Amendment of Collective Agreement

Parties may amend collective agreement

62. Nothing in this Part shall be construed so as to limit or restrict the rights of the parties to a collective agreement to agree to amend any provision of any collective agreement the term of which is extended by this Part or any provision of any new collective agreement established by this Part, other than a provision relating to the term of the collective agreement, and to give effect thereto.

Enforcement

Individuals

63. (1) An individual who contravenes any provision of this Part is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable, for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues, to a fine of not more than

    (a) $50,000, where the individual was acting in the capacity of an officer or representative of the employer or a union when the offence was committed; and

    (b) $1,000, in any other case.

Employer or union

(2) Where the employer or a union contravenes any provision of this Part, it is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable, for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues, to a fine of not more than $100,000.

No imprisonment

64. Notwithstanding subsection 787(2) of the Criminal Code, a term of imprisonment may not be imposed in default of payment of a fine that is imposed under section 63.

Recovery of fines

65. Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 63 and the fine that is imposed is not paid when required, the prosecutor may, by filing the conviction, enter as a judgment the amount of the fine and costs, if any, in a superior court of the province in which the trial was held, and the judgment is enforceable against the person in the same manner as if it were a judgment rendered against the person in that court in civil proceedings.

Presumption

66. For the purposes of this Part, each union is deemed to be a person.

Exception

Exception

67. Nothing in this Part applies in respect of any collective agreement entered into after January 1, 1995 and before the coming into force of this Part.

Coming into Force

Coming into force

68. This Part and Schedule III shall come into force on the expiration of the twelfth hour after the time at which this Act is assented to.