Joseph Howe Day Act (amended)
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:
This Bill establishes the third Monday in February as a holiday to be called 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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