Mariners' Day Act
CHAPTER 6
OF THE
ACTS OF 2013
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An Act Respecting
a Memorial Day for Mariners
WHEREAS Nova Scotia is a province with strong and long-standing connections to the sea;
AND WHEREAS the House of Assembly believes that there should be a day set aside on which to commemorate, each and every year, the many Nova Scotian mariners, men and women, who have lost their lives at sea:
Short title
1 This Act may be cited as the Mariners' Day Act. 2013, c. 6, s. 1.
Mariners’ Day
2 Throughout the Province, in each and every year, the second Sunday in August shall be kept and observed under the name of Mariners' Day. 2013, c. 6, s. 2.
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