Bill S-232
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- SUMMARY SUMMARY
- 1 Governor General’s Act 1 Governor General’s Act
- 4 Transitional Provision 4 Transitional Provision
- EXPLANATORY NOTES EXPLANATORY NOTES
Second Session, Forty-third Parliament,
69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021
SENATE OF CANADA
BILL S-232
An Act to amend the Governor General’s Act (retiring annuity and other benefits)
FIRST READING, March 30, 2021
THE HONOURABLE SENATOR Carignan, P.C.
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Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address:
www.sencanada.ca/en2nd Session, 43rd Parliament,
69-70 Elizabeth II, 2020-2021
SENATE OF CANADA
BILL S-232
An Act to amend the Governor General’s Act (retiring annuity and other benefits)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. G-9
1 The title of Part II of the Governor General’s Act is replaced by the following:
Governor General’s Retiring Annuity and Other Benefits
2 (1) The portion of subsection 6(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Annuity
6 (1) When a Governor General who has held office for at least five consecutive years ceases to hold office as such, there shall be paid to him an annuity equal to the aggregate of
(2) The Act is amended by adding the following after subsection 6(1):
Medical reasons
(1.1) A Governor General who, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, is unable for medical reasons to serve for five consecutive years is deemed to have served for at least five consecutive years for the purpose of subsection (1).
3 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 11:
Other benefits
12 No money shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of providing administrative support to or reimbursing expenses incurred by a former Governor General who held office for less than five consecutive years.
Former Governor General
4 (1) The payment, under Part II of the Governor General’s Act as it read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, of an annuity to a former Governor General who held office for less than five consecutive years ceases on the day on which this Act comes into force.
Survivor
(2) The payment, under Part II of the Governor General’s Act as it read immediately before the day on which this Act comes into force, of an annuity to a survivor shall continue during the life of the survivor.
Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
Governor General’s Act
Clause 1: Existing text of the title:
Governor General’s Retiring Annuity
Clause 2: (1) Text of the relevant portion of subsection 6(1):
6 (1) Where a Governor General ceases to hold office as such, there shall be paid to him an annuity equal to the aggregate of
(2) New.
Clause 3: New.
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