Bill 35, An Act to amend the Civil Code as regards civil status, successions and the publication of rights

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Information

Sponsor

St-Arnaud, Bertrand,	Minister of Justice

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 40^th Legislature, 1^st Session

Stages in the consideration of the Bill

Definition of the terms used:

• Amendment (one or more changes were made to the bill at this stage)
• Majority vote (the bill went through this stage with majority support in the Assemblée)
• Vote : Yeas, Nays, Abstentions; (the bill went through this stage following a vote, the results of which were recorded)
• The date of assent is followed by the year and chapter number of the Act assented to as they will appear in the Statutes of Québec. For instance, “2007, c. 7” following a date of assent means “Statutes of Québec 2007, chapter 7”.

Introduction

• An Act to amend the Civil Code as regards civil status, successions and the publication of rights (PDF,  298 KB) 
• Sitting held on April 17, 2013

Special consultations

• Committee on Institutions
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 35, An Act to amend the Civil Code as regards civil status, successions and the publication of rights
• Sitting held on May 22, 2013
• Sitting held on May 23, 2013

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on May 28, 2013

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• The report from the Committee on Institutions, which, on 22 and 23 May 2013, held public hearings within the framework of special consultations on Bill 35, An Act to amend the Civil Code as regards civil status, successions and the publication of rights (PDF,  725 KB) 
• Sitting held on May 28, 2013

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 35, An Act to amend the Civil Code as regards civil status, successions and the publication of rights
• Amendments adopted (PDF,  366 KB) 
• Amendements retirés et rejeté (PDF,  269 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 4, 2013
• Sitting held on June 10, 2013
• Sitting held on June 11, 2013
• Sitting held on June 12, 2013
• Sitting held on November 26, 2013

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• A report from the Committee on Institutions, which met on 4, 10, 11 and 12 June, as well as on 26 November 2013 for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 35, An Act to amend the Civil Code as regards civil status, successions and the publication of rights. The report contains certain amendments to the bill (PDF,  2 MB) 
• Sitting held on November 27, 2013 (Amendements)

Report stage

• Sitting held on December 4, 2013

Passage

• Sitting held on December 6, 2013

Assent

• An Act to amend the Civil Code as regards civil status, successions and the publication of rights

Date of assent: December 6, 2013

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2013, chapitre 27

Coming into force

6 décembre 2013, sauf exceptions