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Bill C-201

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1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46 Elizabeth II, 1997

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-201

An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (oath or solemn affirmation)

R.S., c. P-1; R.S., cc. 31, 42 (1st Supp.), c. 38 (2nd Supp.), c. 1 (4th Supp.); 1991, cc. 20, 30; 1993, cc. 13, 28; 1994,
c. 18; 1996, cc. 16, 35

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

1. Subsection 13(2) of the Parliament of Canada Act is replaced by the following:

Form

      (2) Every oath and solemn affirmation and declaration under this Part shall be in the Forms 1 and 2 in Schedule I .

2. The headings before section 21 of the Act are replaced by the following:

PART III

HOUSE OF COMMONS

Division A

ELIGIBILITY, RESIGNATION, OATH OR SOLEMN AFFIRMATION AND VACANCIES

Simultaneous Candidacies

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3. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 27:

Oath or Solemn Affirmation

Oath or solemn affirmation

      27.1 No person holding a seat in the House of Commons shall sit therein nor shall any funds be made available to such a person for the carrying out of parliamentary functions unless the person, in writing, has taken the oath or made the solemn affirma tion provided for in Schedule II before the Governor General or any person authorized by the Governor General to administer such oath or solemn affirmation.

4. The schedule to the Act is renumbered as Schedule I.

5. The Act is amended by adding the following after Schedule I:

SCHEDULE II

(Section 27.1)

    I, (full name of the member), do swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will be loyal to Canada and that I will perform the duties of a member of the House of Commons honestly and justly in conformity with the Constitution of Canada.

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