Holidays Act
Coming into Force
First Session, Forty-second Parliament,
64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-311
An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day)
Reprinted as amended by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage and as reported to the House on March 21, 2017
Mr. Fraser (West Nova)
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Holidays Act to make Remembrance Day a legal holiday.‍
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1st Session, 42nd Parliament, 
64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-311
An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.‍S.‍, c. H-5
Holidays Act
1 Section 3 of the Holidays Act is replaced by the following:
Remembrance Day
3 (1) November 11, being the day in the year 1918 on which the Great War was triumphantly concluded by an armistice, is a legal holiday and shall be kept and observed as such throughout Canada under the name of “Remembrance Day”.
When November 11 is a Saturday or a Sunday
(2) [Deleted]
Canadian flag at half-mast
(3) [Deleted]
Coming into Force
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons