Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act
S.C. 2000, c. 12
Assented to 2000-06-29
An Act to modernize the Statutes of Canada in relation to benefits and obligations
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
Short Title
Marginal note:Short title
1 This Act may be cited as the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act.
Interpretation
Marginal note:Interpretation
1.1 For greater certainty, the amendments made by this Act do not affect the meaning of the word “marriage”, that is, the lawful union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.
Agricultural Marketing Programs Act
2 [Amendments]
Bank Act
3 to 7 [Amendments]
Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
8 to 21 [Amendments]
Bills of Exchange Act
22 to 24 [Amendments]
Bridges Act
25 [Amendment]
Business Development Bank of Canada Act
26 [Amendment]
Canada Business Corporations Act
27 [Amendment]
Canada Cooperatives Act
28 [Amendment]
Canada Corporations Act
29 [Amendment]
Canada Elections Act
30 to 40 [Amendments]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act
41 [Amendment]
Canada Pension Plan
42 to 65 [Amendments]
Canadian Forces Superannuation Act
66. to 68 [Amendments]
Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal Act
69 [Amendment]
Canadian Wheat Board Act
70 to 72 [Amendments]
Carriage by Air Act
73 [Amendment]
Citizenship Act
74 to 77 [Amendments]
Civil Service Insurance Act
78 and 79 [Amendments]
Civilian War-related Benefits Act
80 to 83 [Amendments]
Cooperative Credit Associations Act
84 to 86 [Amendments]
Corporations Returns Act
87 [Amendments]
Corrections and Conditional Release Act
88 [Amendment]
Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act
89 and 90 [Amendments]
Criminal Code
91 to 95 [Amendments]
Customs Act
96 [Amendment]
Defence Services Pension Continuation Act
97 and 98 [Amendments]
Diplomatic Service (Special) Superannuation Act
99 to 105 [Amendments]
Employment Insurance Act
106 to 109 [Amendments]
Escheats Act
110 [Amendment]
Excise Tax Act
111 to 114 [Amendments and transitional provision]
Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act
115 [Amendment]
Firearms Act
116 to 118 [Amendments]
Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act
119 [Amendment]
Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act
120 and 121 [Amendments]
Government Annuities Act
122 and 123 [Amendments]
Government Corporations Operation Act
124 [Amendment]
Government Employees Compensation Act
125 and 126 [Amendments]
Governor General’s Act
127 to 129 [Amendments]
Income Tax Act
130 to 146 [Amendments and transitional provisions]
Income Tax Application Rules
147 [Amendment]
Indian Act
148 to 152 [Amendments]
Insurance Companies Act
153 to 158 [Amendments]
Judges Act
159 to 169 [Amendments]
Lieutenant Governors Superannuation Act
170 to 175 [Amendments]
Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act
176 to 186 [Amendments and transitional provisions]
Merchant Seamen Compensation Act
187 to 191 [Amendments]
Old Age Security Act
192 to 209 [Amendments]
Parliament of Canada Act
210 [Amendments]
Pension Act
211 to 221 [Amendments]
222 [Repealed, 2000, c. 34, s. 96]
223 to 242 [Amendments and transitional provisions]
Pension Benefits Division Act
243 to 253 [Amendments]
Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985
254 to 264 [Amendments]
Pension Fund Societies Act
265 to 270 [Amendments]
Public Pensions Reporting Act
271 [Amendment]
Public Service Employment Act
272 to 274 [Amendments]
Public Service Superannuation Act
275 to 277 [Amendments]
The Returned Soldiers’ Insurance Act
278 to 284 [Amendments]
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act
285 to 287 [Amendments]
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act
288 to 290 [Amendments]
Special Import Measures Act
291 [Amendment]
Special Retirement Arrangements Act
292 to 294 [Amendments]
Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act
295 and 296 [Amendments]
Trade Unions Act
297 [Amendment]
Trust and Loan Companies Act
298 to 302 [Amendments]
Veterans Insurance Act
303 to 310 [Amendments]
Veterans’ Land Act
311 to 314 [Amendments]
Veterans Review and Appeal Board Act
315 [Amendment]
Visiting Forces Act
316 [Amendment]
War Veterans Allowance Act
317 to 339 [Amendments and transitional provisions]
Coming into Force
Footnote *340 (1) 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.
Return to footnote *[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, see SI/2000-76; section 44.1, as enacted by section 163, in force September 15, 2000, see SI/2000-85; subsection 107(2) in force February 12, 2001, see SI/2001-25; sections 148 to 152 in force September 4, 2001, see SI/2001-90; sections 74 and 75 in force July 1, 2003, seeSI/2003-118.]
Footnote *(2) Subsection 59(2) comes into force immediately after the coming into force of section 84 of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Act, chapter 40 of the Statutes of Canada, 1997.
Return to footnote *[Note: Subsection 59(2) not in force.]
(3) Sections 111 to 113 come into force on January 1, 2001.
Footnote *(4) Section 120 comes into force on the day on which subsection 276(2) comes into force.
Return to footnote *[Note: Section 120 in force July 31, 2000, see SI/2000-76.]
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