S-1001
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament,
62-63 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014
SENATE OF CANADA
BILL S-1001
An Act to amend the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Act
first reading, June 18, 2014
THE HONOURABLE SENATOR JOHNSON
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the statute governing the corporation known as the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Act, so that it may continue to call regular and special meetings under that Act despite certain provisions of the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act.
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2nd Session, 41st Parliament,
62-63 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014
senate of canada
BILL S-1001
An Act to amend the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Act
Preamble
Whereas the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada has, by its petition, represented that
(a) the corporation, having its head office in the City of Kitchener, in the Province of Ontario, was incorporated as a Synod by an Act of Parliament of Canada, being chapter 32 of the Statutes of Canada, 1885, entitled An Act to incorporate the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada under the name The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Canada;
(b) the name of the Synod was changed to the Eastern Canada Synod of the Lutheran Church in America by chapter 64 of the Statutes of Canada, 1963;
(c) the Act of incorporation has since been amended from time to time and was repealed and replaced by chapter 50 of the Statutes of Canada, 1990, the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Act, in which the Synod was continued as a corporation named the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada; and
(d) the corporation wishes that the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Act be amended so that it may continue to call regular and special meetings under that Act despite certain provisions of the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act;
And whereas the petitioner has, by its petition, prayed that it be enacted as hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the petition;
1990, ch. 50
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Section 12 of the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Act is replaced by the following:
Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act
12. Despite section 294 of the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, subsections 160(1) and 168(1) of that Act do not apply to the Corporation.
Published under authority of the Senate of Canada
Explanatory NotesEastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada Act
Clause 1: Existing text of section 12:
12. Notwithstanding section 158 of the Canada Corporations Act, section 102 of that Act does not apply to the Corporation.