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Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba
Legislative history (C.C.S.M. c. P97) updated to: September 3, 2026
| C.C.S.M. c. P97 | The Powers of Attorney Act | ||
| Enacted by | Proclamation status (for any provisions coming into force by proclamation) | ||
| SM 1996, c. 62 | • whole Act – in force: 7 Apr. 1997 (Man. Gaz.: 1 Feb. 1997) | ||
| Amended by | |||
| SM 2002, c. 24, s. 46 | |||
| SM 2002, c. 48, s. 28 |
• in force: 30 June 2004 (Man. Gaz.: 29 May 2004) |
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| SM 2005, c. 8, s. 11 |
• in force: 29 May 2006 (Man. Gaz.: 3 June 2006) |
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| SM 2009, c. 32, s. 102 |
• in force: 1 June 2012 (Man. Gaz.: 2 June 2012) |
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| SM 2013, c. 46, s. 46 |
• in force: 1 Apr. 2014 (Man. Gaz.: 5 Apr. 2014) |
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| SM 2020, c. 25, s. 4 |
• in force: 1 Oct. 2021 (proclamation published: 29 Sept. 2021) |
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| SM 2022, c. 17, s. 9 |
• in force: 1 June 2023 (proclamation published: 19 May 2023) |
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| SM 2023, c. 19, s. 105 | |||
NOTE: Proclamations published in The Manitoba Gazette before December 1, 2009 are not available online.
Proclamations published after May 10, 2014 are published only on this website.
Revisions related to gender-neutral nouns and pronouns
Under subsection 26.2(1) of The Statutes and Regulations Act, the chief legislative counsel may revise language and grammar in legislation to replace the exclusive use of masculine or feminine nouns and pronouns or binary pronouns with equivalent gender-neutral nouns and pronouns.
In the English version of this Act, such revisions were made in the following provisions:
s. 1(1) — definition "common-law partner"
s. 1(1) — definition "mental incompetence"
s. 10(1)(b)
s. 11(2)
s. 19(2)