Parliament of Canada Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. P-1)

Marginal note:Deductions for non-attendance

• 57 (1) A deduction at the rate of $120 per day shall be made from the sessional allowance of a member of either House of Parliament for every day beyond 21 on which the member does not attend a sitting of that House if it sits on that day.

• Marginal note:Days not reckoned

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), in the case of a member elected or appointed after the commencement of a session, no day of a session previous to the election or appointment shall be reckoned as one of the twenty-one days referred to in that subsection.

• Marginal note:Reckoning days of attendance

  (3) Each day during a session on which

  • (a) a member of either House of Parliament did not attend a sitting thereof by reason of public or official business,

  • (b) there has been no sitting of the House in consequence of its having adjourned over that day, or

  • (c) the member is unable to attend by reason of being ill,

  shall be reckoned as a day of attendance of the member at that session.

• Marginal note:Payment of sessional allowance on death

  (4) Where a member of either House of Parliament dies, the sessional allowance of the member shall be paid to the end of the month in which the death occurs.