Short Title

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1 This Act may be cited as the Governor General’s Act.

PART IOffice of Governor General

Marginal note:Corporation sole

2 The Governor General of Canada or other chief executive officer or administrator carrying on the Government of Canada on behalf and in the name of the Sovereign, by whatever title designated, is a corporation sole.

Marginal note:Instruments taken to Governor General

• 3 (1) All bonds, recognizances and other instruments by law required to be taken to the Governor General in his public capacity shall be taken to the Governor General by his name of office.

• Marginal note:Suit and recovery

  (2) The instruments referred to in subsection (1) may be sued for and recovered by the Governor General by his name of office.

• Marginal note:Not to vest in personal representatives

  (3) The instruments referred to in subsection (1) shall in no case go to or vest in the personal representatives of the Governor General, chief executive officer or administrator of the Government in whose name they were taken.

Marginal note:Salary

• 4 (1) There shall be payable to the Governor General for the twelve month period beginning on January 1, 1989 a salary of eighty-three thousand eight hundred dollars.

• Marginal note:Second charge on C.R.F.

  (2) The salary of the Governor General is payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, and forms the second charge thereon.

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• 4.1 (1) For the twelve month period beginning on January 1, 1990 and for each twelve month period thereafter, the salary of the Governor General shall be the amount obtained by multiplying

  • (a) that salary for the twelve month period immediately preceding the twelve month period in respect of which the salary is to be determined

    by

  • (b) the lesser of one hundred and seven per cent and the percentage that the Industrial Aggregate for the first adjustment year is of the Industrial Aggregate for the second adjustment year.

• Marginal note:Meaning of certain expressions

  (2) For the purposes of subsection (1),

  • (a) in relation to any twelve month period in respect of which the salary of the Governor General is to be determined, the “first adjustment year” is the most recent twelve month period for which the Industrial Aggregate is available on the first day of the period in respect of which the salary is to be determined, and the “second adjustment year” is the twelve month period immediately preceding the first adjustment year; and

  • (b) the “Industrial Aggregate” for an adjustment year is the average weekly wages and salaries of the Industrial Aggregate in Canada for that year as published by Statistics Canada under the authority of the Statistics Act.

• Marginal note:Rounding of amounts and prorating

  (3) A salary determined pursuant to subsection (1) that is not a multiple of one hundred dollars shall be rounded to the closest multiple of one hundred dollars that is lower than the salary so determined and the salary so determined shall be prorated for any period that is less than one year.

• Marginal note:Salary for 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996

  (4) Notwithstanding subsection (1), for each of the twelve month periods beginning on January 1, 1993, January 1, 1994, January 1, 1995 and January 1, 1996, the salary of the Governor General is the same as the salary payable to the Governor General for the twelve month period beginning on January 1, 1992.

• Marginal note:Salary for 1997

  (5) For the purposes of calculating a salary under subsection (1) for the twelve month period beginning on January 1, 1997, the salary payable for the twelve month period immediately preceding that twelve month period shall be deemed to be the salary payable under subsection (4).

PART IIGovernor General’s Retiring Annuity

Definition of survivor

4.2 For the purposes of this Part, survivor means

• (a) a person who was married

  • (i) to a Governor General or former Governor General immediately before the death of the Governor General or former Governor General, and

  • (ii) in the case of a former Governor General, to him or her immediately before the time when he or she ceased to be a Governor General; or

• (b) a person who establishes that the person was cohabiting in a relationship of a conjugal nature

  • (i) with a Governor General or former Governor General for a period of at least one year immediately before the death of the Governor General or former Governor General, and

  • (ii) in the case of a former Governor General, with him or her immediately before he or she ceased to be a Governor General.

Marginal note:Status of males and females

5 Males and females have equality of status and equal rights and obligations under this Part.

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• 6 (1) Where a Governor General ceases to hold office as such, there shall be paid to him an annuity equal to the aggregate of

  • (a) one-third of the salary annexed to the office of Governor General on March 1, 1967; and

  • (b) such amount, in addition to the amount determined under paragraph (a), as would be paid to him as a supplementary retirement benefit under the Supplementary Retirement Benefits Act in the year in which he ceases to hold office if that benefit were calculated on the basis that he had ceased to hold office on January 1, 1952.

• Marginal note:Duration of annuity

  (2) An annuity payable under this section shall commence on the day the annuitant ceases to hold the office of Governor General and shall continue thereafter during his life.

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• 7 (1) Where a person who is in receipt of an annuity under section 6 dies, there shall be paid to the surviving spouse of that person, if the surviving spouse was the spouse of that person at the time that person ceased to hold the office of Governor General, an annuity equal to one-half of the annuity that was being paid to that person.

• Marginal note:Annuity to surviving spouse of Governor General

  (2) Where a Governor General dies while holding office as such, there shall be paid to the surviving spouse of the Governor General an annuity equal to one-half of the annuity that would have been paid to the Governor General if he had retired on the day on which he died.

• Marginal note:Duration of annuity to surviving spouse

  (3) An annuity payable to a surviving spouse under this section shall commence immediately after the death of that person’s spouse and shall continue thereafter during the life of the surviving spouse.

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• 8 (1) There shall be paid to the widow of a person who before March 10, 1967 ceased to hold the office of Governor General of Canada and died, if she was his wife at the time he ceased to hold that office, an annuity equal to one-sixth of the salary annexed to the office of Governor General on March 10, 1967.

• Marginal note:Duration of annuities

  (2) An annuity payable under subsection (1) shall commence on March 10, 1967 and shall continue thereafter during the life of the annuitant.

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9 An annuity payable under this Part shall be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund by monthly instalments, and for any period less than a month shall be paid pro rata.

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10 The payment of an annuity under this Part shall not affect or be affected by the payment of any pension, annuity or other benefit under any other Act of Parliament.

Marginal note:Diversion of payments to satisfy financial support order

• 11 (1) When any court in Canada of competent jurisdiction has made an order requiring a person in receipt of an annuity under subsection 6(1) to pay financial support, amounts payable to the annuitant under that subsection are subject to being diverted to the person named in the order in accordance with Part II of the Garnishment, Attachment and Pension Diversion Act.

• Marginal note:Payment deemed to be to annuitant

  (2) For the purposes of this Part, any payment made pursuant to subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been made to the annuitant in respect of whom the payment was made.