Prairie Settlement: The First Major Wave (1870 - 1896)

An act to amend the North West Mounted Police Pension Act, 1900

Document Summary:

Section 1: Repeals section 3 from original act dating back to 1889, and sets which police constables are entitled to receive a pension.

Section 2: Repeals section 4 of the original act, and sets out new rules dealing with the scale of these pensions - or how much pension a police officer would receive based on the number of years served.

Section 3: Amends section 5 of the original act so that the value of the pension is calculated from the time the police officer joined the North West Mounted Police as a constable.

Section 4: Revokes Chapter 38 of the 1898 amendments.