Bill 450, An Act to amend the Election Act, the Referendum Act and other legislative provisions

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Information

Sponsor

Chevrette, Guy,	Ministre responsable de la Réforme électorale et parlementaire

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 35^th Legislature, 2^nd 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

• Assented to: An Act to amend the Election Act, the Referendum Act and other legislative provisions (PDF,  128 KB) 
• Sitting held on May 14, 1998

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on May 28, 1998
• Sitting held on May 29, 1998
• Sitting held on June 2, 1998
• Sitting held on June 3, 1998
• Sitting held on June 4, 1998 (Vote : Pour 65, Contre 37, Abstention 0)

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Étude détaillée du projet de loi n° 450 - Loi modifiant la Loi électorale, la Loi sur la consultation populaire et d'autres dispositions législatives
• Sitting held on June 9, 1998
• Sitting held on June 11, 1998
• Sitting held on June 17, 1998
• Sitting held on September 22, 1998
• Sitting held on September 23, 1998
• Sitting held on October 7, 1998
• Sitting held on October 13, 1998
• Sitting held on October 20, 1998

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Sitting held on October 21, 1998 (Amendement)

Report stage

• Sitting held on October 21, 1998

Passage

• Sitting held on October 21, 1998 (Amendement. À la majorité des voix. Vote : Pour 100, Contre 2, Abstention 0.)

Assent

• An Act to amend the Election Act, the Referendum Act and other legislative provisions

Date of assent: October 21, 1998

Coming into force

date de la sanction : 1998-10-21 sauf aa. 46, 47, 55, 56, 81, 94 (par. 3o, 4o), mais seulement après la tenue de la 1ère élection générale suivant le 1998-10-21