Bill 25 — A Bill To Amend the Widows' Pensions Act (Legislature 13, Session 3)

L13 S3 6262

Alberta — Bills

No. 25 3rd Session, 13th Legislature, Alberta 5 Elizabeth II, 1957 BILL 25 A Bill to amend The Widows' Pensions Act HON. MR. JORGENSON EDMONTON,ALBERTA Printed by A. SHNITKA, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1957

Explanatory Note 2. Clause (g). subclause (

i) presently reads: "(g) "widow" includes "(

i) the wife of a person committed to a hospital under the provisions of The Men tal Diseases Act and actually an inmate thereof, and".

Section 3 presently is as follows: "3. The Minister may provide for the payment of a pension not ex ceeding the sum of forty dollars a month to a widow "(

a) who at the date of the proposed commencement of payments to her "(

i) has attained the age of sixty years but not yet reached the age of sixty-five years, "(ii) has resided in Canada or Newfoundland for tl}e fifteen years immediately preceding the date she attained the age of sixt,Y years and has continued to so reside since that time, or If she has not so resided for fifteen years has been present in Canada or Newfoundland prior to those fifteen years for an aggregate period equal to twice the aggregate period of absences from Canada or Newfoundland during those fifteen years, "(iii) has resided in the Province for a greater portion of three years immediately preceding that date, and "(iv) is not, for tl}e purposes of health and welfare services, the responsibility of the Government of Canada, "(

b) who is not in receipt of an allowance under the Blind Persons Act (Canada), or of an allowance under The Mothers' AlloWance Act, and "(

c) whose income inclusive of the pension is not more than seven hundred and twenty dollars a year."

BILL No. 25 of 1957

An Act to amend The Widows' Pensions Act (Assented to , 1957) HER MAJ~ST~, by and with the advice and consent of the LegIslative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Widows' Pensions Act, being

chapter 368 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, is hereby amended.

Section 2, clause (

g) is amended by striking out sub clause (

i) and by substituting the following: "(

i) a wife whose husband is a patient in a hospital under The Mental Diseases Act for a continu ous period of one month or longer, or is a wife whose husband is a patient in a sanatorium under The Tuberculosis Act for a continuous period of one month or longer, and"

Section 3 is amended by striking out clause (

b) and by substituting the following: " (

b) who is not in receipt of an allowance or pension under "(

i) The Blind Persons Act, "(ii) The Disabled Persons' Pensions Act, "(iii) The Disabled Persons Act, or "(iv) The Mothers' Allowance Act, and". 4. This Act comes into force on the day. upon which the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, come Into force.

THIRD SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE 5 ELIZABETH II 1957 BILL

An Act to amend The Widows' Pensions Act Received and read the First time. Second time ....................................... . Third time ............................ . HON. MR. JORGENSON Title: 1957 (13th, 3rd) Bill 25,

An Act to amend The Widows' Pensions Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L13 S3 6262
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L13 S3 6262
Language	en
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