<?xml version="1.0"?><Statute lims:pit-date="2025-01-01" hasPreviousVersion="true" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:current-date="2025-07-24" lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358385" lims:id="358385" bill-origin="commons" bill-type="govt-public" xml:lang="en" in-force="yes" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358386" lims:id="358386"><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358387" lims:id="358387">An Act to modernize the Statutes of Canada in relation to benefits and obligations</LongTitle><ShortTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358388" lims:id="358388" status="official">Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act</ShortTitle><RunningHead lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358389" lims:id="358389">Modernization of Benefits and Obligations</RunningHead><BillHistory lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358390" lims:id="358390"><Stages lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358391" lims:id="358391" stage="assented-to"><Date><YYYY>2000</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>29</DD></Date></Stages><Stages lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" stage="consolidation"><Date><YYYY>2025</YYYY><MM>7</MM><DD>25</DD></Date></Stages></BillHistory><Chapter lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358393" lims:id="358393"><ConsolidatedNumber official="no">M-8.6</ConsolidatedNumber><AnnualStatuteId revised-statute="no"><AnnualStatuteNumber>12</AnnualStatuteNumber><YYYY>2000</YYYY></AnnualStatuteId></Chapter></Identification><Introduction lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358394" lims:id="358394"><Enacts lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358395" lims:id="358395"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358396" lims:id="358396" language-align="no" format-ref="indent-0-0" list-item="no"><Text>Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:</Text></Provision></Enacts></Introduction><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358397" lims:id="358397"><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358398" lims:id="358398" level="1"><TitleText>Short Title</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358399" lims:id="358399"><MarginalNote lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358400" lims:id="358400">Short title</MarginalNote><Label>1</Label><Text>This Act may be cited as the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="M-8.6">Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act</XRefExternal>.</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2005-07-20" lims:lastAmendedDate="2005-07-20" lims:fid="358401" lims:id="358401"><Label>1.1</Label><Text><Repealed>[Repealed, 2005, c. 33, s. 15]</Repealed></Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358402" lims:id="358402" level="1"><TitleText>Agricultural Marketing Programs Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358403" lims:id="358403"><Label>2</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358404" lims:id="358404" level="1"><TitleText>Bank Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358405" lims:id="358405"><Label>3 to 7</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358406" lims:id="358406" level="1"><TitleText>Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358407" lims:id="358407"><Label>8 to 21</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358408" lims:id="358408" level="1"><TitleText>Bills of Exchange Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358409" lims:id="358409"><Label>22 to 24</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358410" lims:id="358410" level="1"><TitleText>Bridges Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358411" lims:id="358411"><Label>25</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358412" lims:id="358412" level="1"><TitleText>Business Development Bank of Canada Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358413" lims:id="358413"><Label>26</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358414" lims:id="358414" level="1"><TitleText>Canada Business Corporations Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358415" lims:id="358415"><Label>27</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358416" lims:id="358416" level="1"><TitleText>Canada Cooperatives Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358417" lims:id="358417"><Label>28</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358418" lims:id="358418" level="1"><TitleText>Canada Corporations Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358419" lims:id="358419"><Label>29</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358420" lims:id="358420" level="1"><TitleText>Canada Elections Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358421" lims:id="358421"><Label>30 to 40</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358422" lims:id="358422" level="1"><TitleText>Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358423" lims:id="358423"><Label>41</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358424" lims:id="358424" level="1"><TitleText>Canada Pension Plan</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358425" lims:id="358425"><Label>42 to 65</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358426" lims:id="358426" level="1"><TitleText>Canadian Forces Superannuation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358427" lims:id="358427"><Label>66</Label><Text><Repealed>[Repealed, 2003, c. 26, s. 37]</Repealed></Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358428" lims:id="358428"><Label>67</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358429" lims:id="358429"><Label>68</Label><Text><Repealed>[Repealed, 2003, c. 26, s. 37]</Repealed></Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358430" lims:id="358430" level="1"><TitleText>Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358431" lims:id="358431"><Label>69</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358432" lims:id="358432" level="1"><TitleText>Canadian Wheat Board Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358433" lims:id="358433"><Label>70 to 72</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358434" lims:id="358434" level="1"><TitleText>Carriage by Air Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358435" lims:id="358435"><Label>73</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358436" lims:id="358436" level="1"><TitleText>Citizenship Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358437" lims:id="358437"><Label>74 to 77</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358438" lims:id="358438" level="1"><TitleText>Civil Service Insurance Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358439" lims:id="358439"><Label>78 and 79</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358440" lims:id="358440" level="1"><TitleText>Civilian War-related Benefits Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358441" lims:id="358441"><Label>80 to 83</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358442" lims:id="358442" level="1"><TitleText>Cooperative Credit Associations Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358443" lims:id="358443"><Label>84 to 86</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358444" lims:id="358444" level="1"><TitleText>Corporations Returns Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358445" lims:id="358445"><Label>87</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358446" lims:id="358446" level="1"><TitleText>Corrections and Conditional Release Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358447" lims:id="358447"><Label>88</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358448" lims:id="358448" level="1"><TitleText>Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2018-03-29" lims:lastAmendedDate="2018-03-29" lims:fid="358449" lims:id="358449"><Label>89 and 90</Label><Text><Repealed>[Repealed before coming into force, 2018, c. 4, s. 125]</Repealed></Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358450" lims:id="358450" level="1"><TitleText>Criminal Code</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358451" lims:id="358451"><Label>91 to 95</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358452" lims:id="358452" level="1"><TitleText>Customs Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358453" lims:id="358453"><Label>96</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358454" lims:id="358454" level="1"><TitleText>Defence Services Pension Continuation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358455" lims:id="358455"><Label>97 and 98</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358456" lims:id="358456" level="1"><TitleText>Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358457" lims:id="358457"><Label>99 to 105</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358458" lims:id="358458" level="1"><TitleText>Employment Insurance Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358459" lims:id="358459"><Label>106 to 109</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358460" lims:id="358460" level="1"><TitleText>Escheats Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358461" lims:id="358461"><Label>110</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358462" lims:id="358462" level="1"><TitleText>Excise Tax Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358463" lims:id="358463"><Label>111 to 114</Label><Text>[Amendments and transitional provision]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358464" lims:id="358464" level="1"><TitleText>Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358465" lims:id="358465"><Label>115</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358466" lims:id="358466" level="1"><TitleText>Firearms Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358467" lims:id="358467"><Label>116 to 118</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358468" lims:id="358468" level="1"><TitleText>Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358469" lims:id="358469"><Label>119</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358470" lims:id="358470" level="1"><TitleText>Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358471" lims:id="358471"><Label>120 and 121</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358472" lims:id="358472" level="1"><TitleText>Government Annuities Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358473" lims:id="358473"><Label>122 and 123</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358474" lims:id="358474" level="1"><TitleText>Government Corporations Operation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358475" lims:id="358475"><Label>124</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358476" lims:id="358476" level="1"><TitleText>Government Employees Compensation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358477" lims:id="358477"><Label>125 and 126</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358478" lims:id="358478" level="1"><TitleText>Governor General’s Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358479" lims:id="358479"><Label>127 to 129</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358480" lims:id="358480" level="1"><TitleText>Income Tax Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358481" lims:id="358481"><Label>130 to 146</Label><Text>[Amendments and transitional provisions]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358482" lims:id="358482" level="1"><TitleText>Income Tax Application Rules</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358483" lims:id="358483"><Label>147</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358484" lims:id="358484" level="1"><TitleText>Indian Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358485" lims:id="358485"><Label>148 to 152</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358486" lims:id="358486" level="1"><TitleText>Insurance Companies Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358487" lims:id="358487"><Label>153 to 158</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358488" lims:id="358488" level="1"><TitleText>Judges Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358489" lims:id="358489"><Label>159 to 169</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358490" lims:id="358490" level="1"><TitleText>Lieutenant Governors Superannuation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358491" lims:id="358491"><Label>170 to 175</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358492" lims:id="358492" level="1"><TitleText>Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358493" lims:id="358493"><Label>176 to 186</Label><Text>[Amendments and transitional provisions]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358494" lims:id="358494" level="1"><TitleText>Merchant Seamen Compensation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358495" lims:id="358495"><Label>187 to 191</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358496" lims:id="358496" level="1"><TitleText>Old Age Security Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358497" lims:id="358497"><Label>192 to 209</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358498" lims:id="358498" level="1"><TitleText>Parliament of Canada Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358499" lims:id="358499"><Label>210</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358500" lims:id="358500" level="1"><TitleText>Pension Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358501" lims:id="358501"><Label>211 to 221</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358502" lims:id="358502"><Label>222</Label><Text><Repealed>[Repealed, 2000, c. 34, s. 96]</Repealed></Text></Section><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358503" lims:id="358503"><Label>223 to 242</Label><Text>[Amendments and transitional provisions]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358504" lims:id="358504" level="1"><TitleText>Pension Benefits Division Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358505" lims:id="358505"><Label>243 to 253</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358506" lims:id="358506" level="1"><TitleText>Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358507" lims:id="358507"><Label>254 to 264</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358508" lims:id="358508" level="1"><TitleText>Pension Fund Societies Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358509" lims:id="358509"><Label>265 to 270</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358510" lims:id="358510" level="1"><TitleText>Public Pensions Reporting Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358511" lims:id="358511"><Label>271</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358512" lims:id="358512" level="1"><TitleText>Public Service Employment Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358513" lims:id="358513"><Label>272 to 274</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358514" lims:id="358514" level="1"><TitleText>Public Service Superannuation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358515" lims:id="358515"><Label>275 to 277</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358516" lims:id="358516" level="1"><TitleText>The Returned Soldiers’ Insurance Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358517" lims:id="358517"><Label>278 to 284</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358518" lims:id="358518" level="1"><TitleText>Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358519" lims:id="358519"><Label>285 to 287</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358520" lims:id="358520" level="1"><TitleText>Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358521" lims:id="358521"><Label>288 to 290</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358522" lims:id="358522" level="1"><TitleText>Special Import Measures Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358523" lims:id="358523"><Label>291</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358524" lims:id="358524" level="1"><TitleText>Special Retirement Arrangements Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358525" lims:id="358525"><Label>292 to 294</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358526" lims:id="358526" level="1"><TitleText>Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358527" lims:id="358527"><Label>295 and 296</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358528" lims:id="358528" level="1"><TitleText>Trade Unions Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358529" lims:id="358529"><Label>297</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358530" lims:id="358530" level="1"><TitleText>Trust and Loan Companies Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358531" lims:id="358531"><Label>298 to 302</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358532" lims:id="358532" level="1"><TitleText>Veterans Insurance Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358533" lims:id="358533"><Label>303 to 310</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358534" lims:id="358534" level="1"><TitleText>Veterans’ Land Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358535" lims:id="358535"><Label>311 to 314</Label><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358536" lims:id="358536" level="1"><TitleText>Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358537" lims:id="358537"><Label>315</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358538" lims:id="358538" level="1"><TitleText>Visiting Forces Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358539" lims:id="358539"><Label>316</Label><Text>[Amendment]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358540" lims:id="358540" level="1"><TitleText>War Veterans Allowance Act</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358541" lims:id="358541"><Label>317 to 339</Label><Text>[Amendments and transitional provisions]</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2007-03-01" lims:fid="358542" lims:id="358542" level="1"><TitleText>Coming into Force</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2012-01-01" lims:lastAmendedDate="2025-01-01" lims:fid="358543" lims:id="358543" type="transitional"><Label><FootnoteRef idref="M-8.6_en_1">*</FootnoteRef>340</Label><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2012-01-01" lims:fid="358544" lims:id="358544" type="transitional"><Label>(1)</Label><Text>Subject to subsections (2) to (4), the provisions of this Act, other than sections 40, 76 and 77, and the provisions of any Act as enacted by this Act, come into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.</Text><Footnote lims:inforce-start-date="2025-01-01" lims:fid="1534554" lims:id="1534555" id="M-8.6_en_1" placement="section" status="editorial" xml:space="default"><Label>*</Label><Text>[Note: Sections 40, 76 and 77 in force on assent June 29, 2000; sections 1 to 39 and 41 to 58, subsection 59(1), sections 60 to 65, 67, 69 to 73, 78 to 88, 91 to 96, 98, 105, 106, 108, 110, 114, 115, 117 to 119, 121 to 127, 129 to 147, 153 to 162 and 164 to 173, subsections 175(1) and 176(2) and sections 179, 187 to 221, 223 to 242, 248, 254 to 274, 276, 278 to 285, 289, 291, 293 and 295 to 339 in force July 31, 2000, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2000-76; section 44.1, as enacted by section 163, in force September 15, 2000, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2000-85; subsection 107(2) in force February 12, 2001, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2001-25; sections 148 to 152 in force September 4, 2001, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2001-90; sections 74 and 75 in force July 1, 2003, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2003-118; sections 99 to 104, 243 to 247, 249 to 253, 292 and 294 in force September 1, 2003, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2003-147; section 116 in force January 1, 2004, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2003-186; section 44.2, as enacted by section 163, in force April 7, 2005, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2005-30; sections 97, 128 and 174, subsections 175(2) and 176(1) and sections 177, 178, 180 to 186, 275, 277, 286 to 288 and 290 in force January 1, 2012, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2011-118; subsections 107(1) and (3) and section 109 repealed before coming into force, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> 2008, c. 20, s. 3.]</Text></Footnote></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2012-01-01" lims:fid="358545" lims:id="358545" type="transitional"><Label><FootnoteRef idref="M-8.6_en_2">*</FootnoteRef>(2)</Label><Text>Subsection 59(2) comes into force immediately after the coming into force of section 84 of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="C-8.3">Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act</XRefExternal>, chapter 40 of the Statutes of Canada, 1997.</Text><Footnote id="M-8.6_en_2" placement="section" status="editorial" xml:space="default"><Label>*</Label><Text>[Note: Subsection 59(2) in force April 1, 2010, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2010-16.]</Text></Footnote></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2012-01-01" lims:fid="358546" lims:id="358546" type="transitional"><Label>(3)</Label><Text>Sections 111 to 113 come into force on January 1, 2001.</Text></Subsection><Subsection lims:inforce-start-date="2012-01-01" lims:fid="358547" lims:id="358547" type="transitional"><Label><FootnoteRef idref="M-8.6_en_3">*</FootnoteRef>(4)</Label><Text>Section 120 comes into force on the day on which subsection 276(2) comes into force.</Text><Footnote id="M-8.6_en_3" placement="section" status="editorial" xml:space="default"><Label>*</Label><Text>[Note: Section 120 in force July 31, 2000, <Emphasis style="italic">see</Emphasis> SI/2000-76.]</Text></Footnote></Subsection></Section></Body><Schedule lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:lastAmendedDate="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358548" lims:id="358548" bilingual="no" spanlanguages="no"><ScheduleFormHeading lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358549" lims:id="358549"><Label>SCHEDULES 1 AND 2</Label></ScheduleFormHeading><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2002-12-31" lims:fid="358550" lims:id="358550" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>[Amendments]</Text></Provision></Schedule><RecentAmendments><Amendment><AmendmentCitation link="2008_20">2008, c. 20</AmendmentCitation><AmendmentDate>2025-01-01</AmendmentDate></Amendment></RecentAmendments></Statute>