Bill C-17 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Judges Act and certain other Acts in relation to courts

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.

Sponsor

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

Part 1 of this enactment amends the Judges Act to implement the federal government’s response to the report of the most recent Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission regarding salaries and benefits of federally appointed judges. Included is a mechanism to divide judicial annuities upon breakdown of the conjugal relationship.
Part 2 makes certain amendments to the Federal Courts Act and a number of technical amendments to other Acts in relation to courts.

Similar bills

C-51 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Judges Act, the Federal Courts Act and other Acts

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-17s:

C-17 (2022) An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act and to authorize certain payments to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund

C-17 (2020) Law Appropriation Act No. 5, 2020-21

C-17 (2020) An Act respecting additional COVID-19 measures

C-17 (2016) Law An Act to amend the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act and to make a consequential amendment to another Act

C-17 (2013) Law Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa's Law)

C-17 (2011) Air Canada and Its Associates Act

Votes

Nov. 21, 2006 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.

Nov. 7, 2006 Passed That Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Judges Act and certain other Acts in relation to courts, as amended, be concurred in at report stage and read a second time.

Judges ActGovernment Orders

November 21st, 2006 / 6 p.m.

The Speaker Peter Milliken

I declare the motion carried.

(Bill read the third time and passed)