Bill C-314

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	1nd Session, 35th Parliament, 42-43-44 Elizabeth II, 1994-95
	The House of Commons of Canada
	BILL C-314
	An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (other pension income)
R.S., c. P-1; R.S., cc. 31, 42, (1st supp.), c. 38 (2nd supp.), c. 1 (4th supp.); 1991, c. 20	Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
	*1. Section 55 of the Parliament of Canada Act* is amended by adding the following after subsection (8):**
Public pension deducted from allowance	(9) From the amount otherwise payable to a member pursuant to this section there shall be deducted a sum equal to the total of all amounts payable to the member:
	(a) pursuant to the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act,
	(b) as a pension or retiring allowance that is paid from the public funds of Canada or a province or a municipality and is in respect of previous service by the member
	(i) as a member of the legislative assembly of a province,
	(ii) as a member of the public service of Canada or a province,
	(iii) as a judge of any court in Canada,
	(iv) as a member of the Canadian forces,
	(v) as a peace officer,
	(vi) as an employee or officer of a Crown corporation of the Crown in right of Canada or a province,
	(vii) as an employee or officer of a board, bureau, commission, council, institute or agency of the Crown in right of Canada, the Crown in right of a province or a municipality,
	(viii) as an employee or officer of a publicly funded school, school board, college, university or hospital,
	(ix) as an employee or officer of an organization that the Board by by-law orders to be an equivalent organization to or partially equivalent to an organization mentioned in subparagraphs (vi), (vii) or (viii).
Declaration of public pension	(10) Every member shall, in each year, in the manner and by the time prescribed by the Board, declare to the Board the amount of any pension or retiring allowance mentioned in subsection (9) that is payable to the member.
Allowance conditional on declaration	(11) No member may be paid any amount under this section until the member has made the declaration required by subsection (10).
By-laws	(12) The Board may make by-laws
	(a) prescribing the manner in which and the time by which a member shall declare the pension payments received by the member for the purposes of subsection (9);
	(b) ordering that, for the purposes of subparagraph (9)(b)(ix), an organization is an equivalent organization;
	(c) ordering that, for the purposes of subparagraph (9)(b)(ix), an organization is partially equivalent to an organization mentioned in subparagraphs (9)(b)(vi), (vii) or (viii) and that a part of the pension paid to the member by it is to be deducted for the purposes of subsection (9).

Bill C-314

BILL C-314