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Bill No. 50

Appropriations Act, 2011

An Act to Provide for Defraying Certain Charges and Expenses of the Public Service of the Province

Introduced by:
Honourable Graham Steele
Minister of Finance

First Reading	April 29, 2011
Second Reading Debates
Second Reading Passed	April 29, 2011
Law Amendments Committee
Committee of the Whole House
Third Reading Debates
Third Reading	April 29, 2011
Royal Assent	May 19, 2011
Commencement	On and after April 1, 2011
2011 Statutes, Chapter 1	View

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Second Reading is when the house voted to give the Bill 2nd Reading after being debated in the house.

An Asterisk* following the title of the Bill indicates that the Bill has been amended between First and Third readings.

Royal Assent is the day on which the Lieutenant Governor signs the final version of the Bill and the Bill is then referred to as an Act.

Commencement is the day on which the Act takes effect.