BILL NO. 195
(as introduced)
1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
54 Elizabeth II, 2005
Private Member's Bill
Joseph Howe Day Act
Diana Whalen
Halifax Clayton Park
First Reading: May 6, 2005
(Explanatory Note)
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill establishes the third Monday in February as a holiday to be called Joseph Howe Day.
An Act to Establish Joseph Howe Day
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Joseph Howe Day Act.
2 The third Monday of February in each year shall be kept and observed throughout the Province under the name of Joseph Howe Day.
3 Clause 7(1)(j) of Chapter 235 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Intepretation Act, is amended by adding "Joseph Howe Day," immediately before "Labour" in the fifth line.
4 Subsection 37(1) of Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Labour Standards Code, is amended by adding "Joseph Howe Day," immediately before "Good" in the second line.
5 Clause 2(e) of Chapter 402 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Retail Business Uniform Closing Day Act, is amended by adding immediately after subclause (iv) the following subclause:
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