Bill C-49
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2nd Session, 37th Parliament, 51-52 Elizabeth II, 2002-2003
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House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-49 |
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An Act respecting the effective date of the
representation order of 2003
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| Effective date
of representa- tion order
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1. Despite subsection 25(1) of the Electoral
Boundaries Readjustment Act and the
proclamation issued under that subsection on
August 25, 2003 and registered as
SI/2003-154, the representation order referred
to in that proclamation is effective on the first
dissolution of Parliament that occurs on or
after April 1, 2004.
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| Amendment
to the
Electoral
Boundaries
Readjustment
Act
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2. On the later of the coming into force of
this Act and section 23 of An Act to amend
the Canada Elections Act and the Income
Tax Act (political financing), being Chapter
19 of the Statutes of Canada, 2003,
subsection 25(2) of the Electoral Boundaries
Readjustment Act is replaced by the
following:
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| Returning
officers and
electoral
district
associations
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(2) For the purpose of authorizing and
enabling, whenever required, the appointment
of returning officers under section 24 of the
Canada Elections Act or the registration of
electoral district associations under
subsection 403.22(4) of that Act, the
representation order is deemed to be effective
on the day on which the proclamation was
issued.
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coming into
force
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3. In the case of any proclamation issued
in 2003 under subsection 25(1) of the
Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, the
order referred to in that proclamation is
deemed, for the purposes of subsection
25(2) of that Act, as enacted by section 2 of
this Act, to be effective on January 1, 2004.
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