PROVINCIAL SYMBOLS AND HONOURS AMENDMENT ACT, 2023 (First Reading)

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PROVINCIAL SYMBOLS AND HONOURS
AMENDMENT ACT, 2023
(First Reading)

Feb. 15/23

Commencement:

This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

CLAUSE 1: [Provincial Symbols and Honours Act, section 6.4] adds a new section to recognize a provincial fossil emblem.

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

1 The Provincial Symbols and Honours Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 380, is amended by adding the following section:

6.4 The fossil known taxonomically as Elasmosauridae and commonly known as elasmosaur is the fossil emblem of British Columbia.

2 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

CLAUSE 1: [Provincial Symbols and Honours Act, section 6.4] adds a new section to recognize a provincial fossil emblem.