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BILL NO. 47

(as passed)

2nd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
67 Elizabeth II, 2018

 

Private Member's Bill

 

Cancer Survivors Day Act

 

CHAPTER 24 OF THE ACTS OF 2018

 

Barbara Adams
Cole Harbour–Eastern Passage

 

First Reading: September 20, 2018 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: October 3, 2018

Third Reading: October 3, 2018

Royal Assent: October 11, 2018

An Act to Establish
Cancer Survivors Day

WHEREAS Cancer Survivors Day is a celebration of life that is held in many countries;

AND WHEREAS Cancer Survivors Day is an inspiration for those recently diagnosed with cancer;

AND WHEREAS Cancer Survivors Day honours survivors and demonstrates that a full life can be a reality after a cancer diagnosis;

THEREFORE be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 This Act may be cited as the Cancer Survivors Day Act.

2 Throughout the Province, in each and every year, the first Sunday in June shall be kept and observed under the name of Cancer Survivors Day.

 


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