2nd Session, 41st Legislature

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Bill 233

THE NANJING MASSACRE COMMEMORATION DAY ACT

(Assented to                                         )

WHEREAS as many as 300,000 Chinese civilians, soldiers and non-combatants were killed in a six-week period by the Imperial Japanese Army between December 13, 1937 and February 1938, and these events have become known as the Nanjing Massacre;

AND WHEREAS countless women and children were systematically raped during and after this period, giving the Nanjing Massacre the alternate name, "Rape of Nanjing";

AND WHEREAS Manitoba's growing Chinese community includes many residents who have direct relationships to the Nanjing Massacre, including family members who were victims;

AND WHEREAS December 13, 2017, marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Nanjing Massacre;

AND WHEREAS efforts have been made elsewhere in Canada to formally recognize the Nanjing Massacre and honour the victims;

AND WHEREAS Manitoba strives to be a place where human rights are recognized and victims of human rights abuses, war crimes and sexual violence are remembered and honoured;

AND WHEREAS all Manitobans are committed to supporting a dialogue of healing that includes all communities in our province;

THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

Nanjing Massacre Commemoration Day

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December 13 in each year is proclaimed as Nanjing Massacre Commemoration Day.

C.C.S.M. reference

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This Act may be referred to as chapter N10 of the Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba.

Coming into force

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This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.