Bill C-374
If you have any questions or comments regarding the accessibility of this publication, please contact us at accessible@parl.gc.ca.
|
|
2nd Session, 36th Parliament, 48 Elizabeth II, 1999
|
|
|
|
The House of Commons of Canada
|
|
|
|
BILL C-374 |
|
|
|
An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act
(definitions of child and infant)
|
|
| Preamble
|
Whereas, on November 20, 1989, the
Convention on the Rights of the Child was
adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly;
|
|
|
|
Whereas the Convention was ratified by
Canada on December 31, 1991;
|
|
|
|
And Whereas the Convention proposes a
definition of ``child'' that should be applied
uniformly throughout federal legislation, and
``infant'' is often used in the same sense;
|
|
| R.S., c. S-9;
R.S., cc. 27,
31 (1st
Supp.), cc. 1,
27 (2nd
Supp.), c. 6
(3rd Supp.), c.
40 (4th
Supp.); 1989,
cc. 3, 17;
1990, cc. 16,
17, 44; 1991,
c. 24; 1992,
cc. 1, 27, 31,
51; 1993, c.
36; 1994, cc.
24, 41; 1995,
cc. 1, 5; 1996,
cc. 21, 31;
1997, c. 1;
1998, cc. 6,
10, 16, 30;
1999, cc. 19,
28, 31
|
Now, Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate and House of
Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. Section 652 of the Canada Shipping Act
is amended by adding the following after
subsection (2):
|
|
| Definition of
``infant''
|
(3) In this section, ``infant'' means a person
who is less than eighteen years of age.
|
|
|
|
2. Section 660.10 of the Act is amended by
adding the following after subsection (6):
|
|
| Definition of
``child''
|
(6.1) In subsection (6), ``child'' means a
person who is less than eighteen years of age.
|
|