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2001 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 37th Parliament

FOR REPORT

The following electronic version is for informational

purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

Certified correct as amended in Committee of the Whole on the 23rd day of

August, 2001

Ian D. Izard, Law Clerk

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Section 23 (2) and (3) of the Constitution Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 66, is repealed and the following substituted: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

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