C-298
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-298
An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (lump sum)
first reading, September 29, 2011
NOTE
2nd Session, 41st Parliament
This bill was introduced during the First Session of the 41st Parliament. Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, it is deemed to have been considered and approved at all stages completed at the time of prorogation of the First Session. The number of the bill remains unchanged.
Mr. Gravelle
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act to grant a lump sum payment to the heirs of a member who dies in the performance of his or her duties.
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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-298
An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act (lump sum)
R.S., c. R-10
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Section 22 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.1):
Sum to be paid to member's estate
(1.2) Despite subsection (1), if a member dies in the performance of his or her duties, the Treasury Board shall pay the member’s estate the sum of $300,000, regardless of the length of the member’s service in the Force.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons