Bill C-378
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2nd Session, 36th Parliament, 48 Elizabeth II, 1999
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-378 |
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An Act to amend the Divorce Act (definition
of ``child'')
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| Preamble
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Whereas, on November 20, 1989, the
Convention on the Rights of the Child was
adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly;
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Whereas the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of the Child was ratified by
Canada on December 13, 1991;
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And Whereas the Convention proposes a
definition of ``child'' that should be applied
uniformly throughout federal legislation;
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| R.S., cc. 3, 27
(2nd Supp.);
1990, c. 18;
1992, c. 51;
1993, cc. 8,
28; 1997, c. 1;
1998, cc. 15,
30; 1999, cc.
3, 31
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Now, Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate and House of
Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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1. (1) The definition of ``child of the
marriage'' in subsection 2(1) of the Divorce
Act is replaced by the following:
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| ``child of the
marriage'' « enfant à charge »
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``child of the marriage'' means a child of two
spouses or former spouses who, at the
material time, is under the age of eighteen
years.
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(2) Subsection 2(2) of the Act is amended
by striking out the word ``and'' at the end of
paragraph (a), by adding the word ``and'' at
the end of paragraph (b) and by adding the
following after paragraph (b):
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