5th Session, 42nd Legislature

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Bill 242

THE POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY ACT (COMMEMORATION OF DAYS, WEEKS AND MONTHS ACT AMENDED)

(Assented to                                         )

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

C.C.S.M. c. C150.5 amended

1   The Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act is amended by this Act.

2   The following is added after Schedule 39:

SCHEDULE 40

THE POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY

WHEREAS police and peace officers make valuable contributions to the safety of Manitobans;

AND WHEREAS police and peace officers take risks every day to protect Manitobans;

AND WHEREAS some police and peace officers are killed in the line of duty;

AND WHEREAS it is important to pay tribute to the hard work, dedication and sacrifices made by Manitoba's police and peace officers;

AND WHEREAS the Government of Canada has officially proclaimed the last Sunday of September of every year as Police and Peace Officers' National Memorial Day;

AND WHEREAS memorial services are held in communities across the country every year to commemorate those police and peace officers who were killed in the line of duty;

THEREFORE, the following is proclaimed throughout Manitoba:

Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Day

1   In each year, November 30 is to be known as Police and Peace Officers' Memorial Day.

Coming into force

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