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, see SI/2003-118; sections 99 to 104, 243 to 247, 249 to 253, 292 and 294 in force September 1, 2003, see SI/2003-147; section 116 in force January 1, 2004, see SI/2003-186; section 44.2, as enacted by section 163, in force April 7, 2005, see SI/2005-30.]

• 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.]