1st Session, 40th Legislature

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Bill 205

THE MUNICIPAL AMENDMENT AND CITY OF WINNIPEG CHARTER AMENDMENT ACT (DEFAMATION PROTECTION)

(Assented to                                         )

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

PART 1

THE MUNICIPAL ACT

C.C.S.M. c. M225 amended

1

The Municipal Act is amended by this Part.

2

Subsection 403(2) is repealed.

3

The following is added after section 403:

Members' statements subject to absolute privilege

403.1

Any statement made or document used by a member of a council at a council meeting or at a meeting of a council committee is subject to an absolute privilege.

PART 2

THE CITY OF WINNIPEG CHARTER

S.M. 2002, c. 39 amended

4

The City of Winnipeg Charter is amended by this Part.

5

Subsection 497(2) is repealed.

6

The following is added after section 497 and before the centred heading "INSURANCE":

DEFAMATION PROTECTION

Members' statements subject to absolute privilege

497.1

Any statement made or document used by a member of council at a council meeting or at a meeting of a committee of council is subject to an absolute privilege.

PART 3

COMING INTO FORCE

Coming into force

7

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