Bill C-23

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R.S.C. 1952, c. 49	CIVIL SERVICE INSURANCE ACT
	78. *Section 2 of the Civil Service Insurance Act* is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:**
``common-la w partner'' « conjoint de fait »	``common-law partner'', in relation to an insured, means a person who is cohabiting with the insured in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year;
	79. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 17:
Designation of beneficiaries	17.1 Despite any other provision of this Act, an insured may, in a declaration, an insurance contract, a will or an instrument purporting to be a will, designate as beneficiary the insured's child, spouse, common-law partner, father, mother, brother, sister or any other person dependent on the insured, apportioned among them as the insured sees fit.
R.S., c. C-31; 1999, c. 10, s. 19	CIVILIAN WAR-RELATED BENEFITS ACT
	80. *Section 29 of the Civilian War-related Benefits Act* is replaced by the following:**
Surviving spouse, common-law partner and children only	29. No pension for death shall be awarded under this Part to or in respect of any person other than the surviving spouse, surviving common-law partner and surviving children of the special constable on account of whose death pension is claimed.
	81. Section 34 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Pension to surviving spouse or surviving common-law partner	34. (1) No pension shall be awarded under this Part to the surviving spouse or surviving common-law partner of any person in respect of the death of the person unless the surviving spouse or surviving common-law partner wholly or to a substantial extent maintained or was maintained by that person at the time of that person's death and unless the surviving spouse or surviving common-law partner was that person's spouse or common-law partner, as the case may be, prior to the day the war service injury in respect of which a pension is claimed was sustained.
Additional pension in respect of spouse or common-law partner	(2) No additional pension shall be awarded under this Part to any person in respect of the person's spouse or common-law partner unless the spouse or common-law partner was wholly or to a substantial extent maintained by that person immediately prior to the day the war service injury in respect of which an additional pension is claimed was sustained.
1999, c. 10, s. 34	82. Section 53 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Rates of pensions and allowances	53. Where a Civilian Member of Overseas Air Crew, during service and as a direct result of enemy action or counteraction against the enemy, incurred an injury or disease or aggravation thereof resulting in serious disability or death and is in necessitous circumstances, or, in the case of death, a surviving spouse, surviving common-law partner or surviving child or children are in necessitous circumstances, or, there being no surviving spouse, surviving common-law partner or surviving children, a dependent parent or parents are in necessitous circumstances, the Minister may in the Minister's discretion award such pension and allowances, not exceeding the rates payable under Schedules I, II and III of the Pension Act, as the Minister may from time to time deem to be adequate.
	83. The Act is amended by replacing, in section 36,
	(a) ``are married to one another'' with ``are married to one another or are common-law partners of one another''; and
	(b) ``as if they were unmarried'' with ``as if they were unmarried and had no common-law partner''.
1991, c. 48	COOPERATIVE CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS ACT
	84. *Section 2 of the Cooperative Credit Associations Act* is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:**
``common-la w partner'' « conjoint de fait »	``common-law partner'', in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year;
	85. Subsection 466(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Additional fine	(3) Where a person has been convicted of an offence under this Act, the court may, where it is satisfied that as a result of the commission of the offence the convicted person acquired any monetary benefits or that monetary benefits accrued to the convicted person or to the spouse, common-law partner or other dependant of the convicted person, order the convicted person to pay, notwithstanding the maximum amount of any fine that may otherwise be imposed under this Act, an additional fine in an amount equal to the court's estimation of the amount of those monetary benefits.
Replacement of ``spouse'' with ``spouse or common-law partner''	86. The Act is amended by replacing ``spouse'' with ``spouse or common-law partner'' in the following provisions:
	(a) paragraph 410(1)(c);
	(b) subparagraph 420(1)(a)(ii); and
	(c) subparagraph 420(1)(b)(ii).
R.S., c. C-43; 1998, c. 26, s. 63	CORPORATIONS RETURNS ACT
	87. *(1) The definition ``related group'' in subsection 2(1) of the Corporations Returns Act* is replaced by the following:**
``related group'' « groupe lié »	``related group'' means a group of individuals each member of which is connected to at least one other member of the group by blood relationship, marriage, common-law partnership or adoption;
	(2) Subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
``common-la w partner'' « conjoint de fait »	``common-law partner'', in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year;
``common-la w partnership'' « union de fait »	``common-law partnership'' means the relationship between two persons who are common-law partners of each other;
	(3) Paragraph 2(3)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) individuals are connected by marriage if one is married to the other or to a person who is connected by blood relationship or adoption to the other;
	(b.1) individuals are connected by common-law partnership if one is in a common-law partnership with the other or with a person who is connected by blood relationship or adoption to the other; and
1992, c. 20	CORRECTIONS AND CONDITIONAL RELEASE ACT
	88. *Paragraph (b) of the definition ``victim'' in subsection 2(1) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(b) where the person is dead, ill or otherwise incapacitated, the person's spouse, an individual who is cohabiting, or was cohabiting at the time of the person's death, with the person in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year , any relative or dependant of the person, or anyone who has in law or fact custody or is responsible for the care or support of the person;
1984, c. 18	CREE-NASKAPI (OF QUEBEC) ACT
	89. *(1) Paragraphs (b) to (d) of the definition '' ``Inuk of Fort George'' or ``Inuit of Fort George'''' in subsection 2(1) of the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act* are replaced by the following:**
	(b) is a descendant of a person described in paragraph (a),
	(c) is a legally adopted child of, or a child adopted in accordance with the custom of the Inuit of Fort George by , a person described in paragraph (a) or (b),
	(d) is a prescribed spouse or prescribed common-law partner of a person described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or
	(2) Subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
``common-la w partner'' « conjoint de fait »	``common-law partner'', in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year;
	90. (1) The portion of the definition ``consorts'' in section 174 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
``consorts'' « conjoints »	``consorts'' means persons who are prescribed by regulation and who are
	(2) The definition ``consorts'' in section 174 of the Act is amended by striking out the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (a), by adding the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding the following after paragraph (b):
	(c) two individuals who are common-law partners of each other;
R.S., c. C-46	CRIMINAL CODE
	91. *Section 2 of the Criminal Code* is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:**
``common-la w partner'' « conjoint de fait »	``common-law partner'', in relation to an individual, means a person who is cohabiting with the individual in a conjugal relationship, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year;
	92. Subsection 23(2) of the Act is repealed.
	93. (1) Paragraph 215(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) to provide necessaries of life to their spouse or common-law partner ; and
	(2) Paragraph 215(4)(a) of the Act is repealed.
	(3) Paragraph 215(4)(c) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(c) evidence that a person has failed for a period of one month to make provision for the maintenance of any child of theirs under the age of sixteen years is, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, proof that the person has failed without lawful excuse to provide necessaries of life for the child ; and
	94. Section 329 of the Act is repealed.
Replacement of ``spouse'' with ``spouse or common-law partner''	95. The Act is amended by replacing ``spouse'' with ``spouse or common-law partner'' in the following provisions:
	(a) paragraph 215(4)(d);
	(b) paragraph 423(1)(a);
	(c) subparagraph 718.2(a)(ii);
	(d) paragraph 722(4)(b);
	(e) paragraph 738(1)(c);
	(f) subsection 810(1); and
	(g) subsection 810(3.2).
R.S., c. 1 (2nd Supp.)	CUSTOMS ACT
	96. *Paragraph 45(3)(a) of the Customs Act* is replaced by the following:**
	(a) they are individuals connected by blood relationship, marriage, common-law partnership or adoption within the meaning of subsection 251(6) of the Income Tax Act;
R.S.C. 1970, c. D-3	DEFENCE SERVICES PENSION CONTINUATION ACT
1992, c. 46, s. 84	97. *Section 26.1 of the Defence Services Pension Continuation Act* is replaced by the following:**
Election for officers	26.1 (1) If the person to whom an officer is married or with whom the officer is cohabiting in a relationship of a conjugal nature, having so cohabited for a period of at least one year , could not be granted, by reason of paragraph 26(d) or (e), a pension under section 25 in the event of the officer's death, the officer may elect, in accordance with the regulations , to reduce the amount of the officer's pension in order that a pension could be granted to the person under subsection (2 ).
Payment	(2 ) The Minister shall grant a pension to the person referred to in subsection (1) in an amount determined in accordance with the election and the regulations , if
	(a) the person was married to the officer at the time of the officer's death, or was cohabiting with the officer in a relationship of a conjugal nature for a period of at least one year immediately before the officer's death; and
	(b) the election is not revoked or deemed to have been revoked.
No entitlement	(3) A person who is entitled to receive a pension under section 32 after the officer's death is not entitled to a pension under subsection (2) in respect of that officer.
Regulations	(4 ) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting
	(a) the time, manner and circumstances in which an election may be made, revoked or deemed to have been revoked ;
	(b) the reduction to be made in the amount of an officer's pension when an election is made ;
	(c) the amount of the pension granted under subsection (2 ); and
	(d ) any other matter that the Governor in Council considers necessary for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this section.
1980-81-82-8 3, c. 100, s. 45	98. (1) Subsection 35.1(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Diversion of payments to satisfy financial support order	35.1 (1) When any court in Canada of competent jurisdiction has made an order requiring a pensioner to pay financial support, amounts payable to the pensioner under this Act are subject to being diverted to the person named in the order in accordance with Part II of the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act.
1999, c. 34, s. 215	(2) Subsection 35.1(3) of the Act is repealed.