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2001 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 37th Parliament

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HONOURABLE GEOFF PLANT

ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER

RESPONSIBLE FOR TREATY NEGOTIATIONS

BILL 7 – 2001

CONSTITUTION (FIXED ELECTION DATES) AMENDMENT ACT, 2001

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Section 23 (2) and (3) of the Constitution Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 66, is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) Subject to subsection (1), a general voting day must occur on May 17, 2005 and thereafter on the second Tuesday in May in the fourth year following the general voting day for the most recently held general election.

(3) In subsection (2), "general election" and "general voting day" have the same meanings as in

section 1 of the Election Act.

Commencement

2 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Explanatory Note

SECTION 1: [Constitution Act, repeals and replaces

section 23 (2) and (3)] schedules the

next Provincial general election for May 17, 2005, and each Provincial general

election thereafter on the second Tuesday in May in the fourth year following

the most recently held Provincial general election.

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