30-31 Vict., c. 3 (U.K.) Constitution Act, 1867 1 Section 34 of the  Constitution Act, 1867  is replaced by the following: Election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Senate 34. (1) The Senate, on its first assembling after a  General  Election, shall proceed with all practicable speed to elect, by secret ballot, one senator to be Speaker and another to be Deputy Speaker. Vacancy in office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker (2) If a vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker by death, resignation or otherwise, the Senate shall proceed with all practicable speed to elect another senator to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the case may be. Constitution Act, 1867 Clause 1 : Existing text of section 34: 34. The Governor General may from Time to Time, by Instrument under the Great Seal of Canada, appoint a Senator to be Speaker of the Senate, and may remove him and appoint another in his Stead. 2 Section 36 of the Act is replaced by the following: Voting in Senate 36. Questions arising in the Senate shall be decided by a majority of voices  other than that of the senator presiding , and when the voices are equal , but not otherwise, the senator presiding shall have a vote . Clause 2 : Existing text of section 36: 36. Questions arising in the Senate shall be decided by a Majority of Voices, and the Speaker shall in all Cases have a Vote, and when the Voices are equal the Decision shall be deemed to be in the Negative. R.S., c. P-1 Parliament of Canada Act 3 The heading before section 17 and sections 17 to 19 of the  Parliament of Canada Act  are replaced by the following: Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Senate Speaker leaving the chair 17 If  the Speaker of the Senate finds it necessary to leave the chair during any part of  a sitting  of the Senate on any day, the Speaker may call on  the Deputy Speaker  to take the chair and preside as Speaker during the remainder of that day unless the Speaker resumes the chair before the close of the  sitting  for that day. Deputy Speaker leaving the chair 17.1 If the Deputy Speaker finds it necessary to leave the chair during any part of a sitting on that day, the Deputy Speaker may call on any senator to take the chair and preside as Speaker during the remainder of that day unless the Speaker or Deputy Speaker resumes the chair before the close of the sitting for that day. Unavoidable absence 18 Whenever the Senate is informed of the unavoidable absence of  both  the Speaker  and the Deputy Speaker  by the Clerk at the table, the Senate may choose any senator to preside as Speaker during  their  absence ,  and that senator has and shall execute all the powers, privileges and duties of Speaker until the Speaker  or the Deputy Speaker  resumes the chair. Validity of acts 19 Every act done by  the Deputy Speaker or  any senator acting under section  17.1  or 18 has the same effect and validity as if the act had been done by the Speaker. Parliament of Canada Act Clause 3 : Existing text of the heading and sections 17 and 18: Deputy Speaker 17 Whenever the Speaker of the Senate, from illness or other cause, finds it necessary to leave the chair during any part of the sittings of the Senate on any day, the Speaker may call on any senator to take the chair and preside as Speaker during the remainder of that day unless the Speaker resumes the chair before the close of the sittings for that day. 18 Whenever the Senate is informed of the unavoidable absence of the Speaker thereof by the Clerk at the table, the Senate may choose any senator to preside as Speaker during such absence and that senator thereupon has and shall execute all the powers, privileges and duties of Speaker until the Speaker resumes the chair or another Speaker is appointed by the Governor General. 19 Every act done by any senator acting pursuant to section 17 or 18 has the same effect and validity as if the act had been done by the Speaker. 4 Paragraph 62.1(1)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following: (b) the member of the Senate occupying the position of  Deputy  Speaker of the Senate, $20,600; Clause 4 : Existing text of relevant portions of section 62.1: 62.1 (1) Despite section 60, for the fiscal year commencing on April 1, 2004 there shall be paid to the following members of the Senate and the House of Commons the following annual salaries:
 . . . (b) the member of the Senate occupying the recognized position of Speaker  pro tempore  of the Senate, $20,600; Coming into Force Dissolution of 44th Parliament 5 This Act comes into force on the dissolution of the 44th Parliament.