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An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act (Free Votes) (Assented to , 1997) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title This Act may be cited as The Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Amendment Act, 1997 (FREE VOTES). S.S. 1979, c.L-11.1,

section amended

Section of The Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act is amended: (

a) by renumbering the

section as subsection 3(1); and (

b) by adding immediately after subsection 3(1) the following: “

(2) No vote taken on any Act, order or resolution of the Assembly shall be deemed to be a vote of confidence in the Executive Council unless, prior to the taking of such vote, the vote has been designated as one of confidence in the Executive Council by resolution of the Assembly.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), no Assembly shall continue to sit or meet from the time a vote of confidence, as referred to in sub- section (2), has been lost; thereupon the Assembly shall be deemed to be dissolved, and the Lieutenant Governor may cause a new one to be chosen”. Coming into force This Act comes into force on assent.