Bill S-20

46-47-48 ELIZABETH II

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CHAPTER 37

An Act to amend the Act of incorporation of the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Mackenzie

[Assented to 25th March, 1999]

WHEREAS Parliament, by chapter 189 of the Statutes of Canada, 1913, incorporated the Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie and his successors, in communion with the Church of Rome, under the name of “The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Mackenzie”;

AND WHEREAS the Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie was erected into the Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith by ecclesiastical authority on March 1, 1968 and the office of the vicar elevated to that of bishop;

AND WHEREAS the corporation has represented by its petition that, for the better management of its affairs and in the interests of the corporation, it is desirable that its Act of incorporation be amended to remove certain restrictions on its investment powers;

AND WHEREAS the corporation has, by its petition, prayed that it be enacted as hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the petition;

NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. The long title of chapter 189 of the Statutes of Canada, 1913 is replaced by the following:

An Act to incorporate the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Mackenzie-Fort Smith

2. Section 1 of the Act is replaced by the following:

1. The Right Reverend Gabriel Breynat, and his successors, being Vicars Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of Mackenzie and Bishops of the Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith, in communion with the Church of Rome, are hereby incorporated under the name of “The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Mackenzie-Fort Smith”, hereinafter called “the Corporation”.

3. Wherever the word “corporation” appears in the French version of the Act, referring to the Corporation, it is replaced by “Office”.

4. Subsection 4(2) and section 6 of the Act are repealed.