SIKH HERITAGE MONTH BILL No. 604

An Act to amend The Referendum and Plebiscite Act to Keep Saskatchewan in Canada (Assented to ) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title The Referendum and Plebiscite (Keep Saskatchewan in Canada) Amendment Act. S.S. 1996, c. E-6.01 amended The Referendum and Plebiscite Act is amended in the manner set out in this Act. New

Section 2.1 The following

section is added after

section 2: “2.1(1) Nothing in this Act shall permit the Government of Saskatchewan, the Lieutenant Governor in Council, or the Legislative Assembly to initiate a plebiscite or referendum proposing Saskatchewan’s secession from Canada.

(2) Notwithstanding clause 7(1)(b), any petition for a plebiscite proposing Saskatchewan’s secession from Canada shall be signed by not less than 30% of the electors.”. Coming into force This Act comes into force on Assent. SIKH HERITAGE MONTH Printed under the authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 2025