BILL NO. 40

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003

Private Bill

An Act to Amend and Consolidate the
Acts Respecting the Sisters of Saint Martha
(amended)

The Honourable Angus MacIsaac
Antigonish

First Reading: April 23, 2003

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading: May 9, 2003

Third Reading: May 22, 2003 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Clause 1 removes the Governor in Council's ability to disapprove by-laws and removes the requirement to file by-laws with the Provincial Secretary.

Clause 2 provides that the General Superior, the General Secretary and the General Treasurer are the signing authorities for the Corporation.

Clause 3

(a) creates a Board of Directors to govern the Corporation, made up of the previous governing members and adds the General Secretary and General Treasurer;

(b) increases the number of Councillors that may be on the Board and reduces their term of office from six years to five years; and

(c) replaces the Superior General and Councillors as the governing body of the Corporation with the Board of Directors, of which the Superior General and Councillors are members.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Clause 4(f) of Chapter 141 of the Acts of 1918, An Act to Amend and Consolidate the Acts Respecting the Sisters of Saint Martha, is repealed and the following clause substituted:

2 Section 13 of Chapter 141 is amended by striking out "Mother Superior or Acting Mother Superior, and the Secretary or Acting Secretary, for the time being," in the fourth, fifth and sixth lines and substituting "General Superior or Assistant General Superior and by the General Secretary or General Treasurer".

3 Sections 20 and 21 of Chapter 141 are repealed and the following Sections substituted: