Bill 36 (Legislature 10, Session 5)

L10 S5 7282

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 36 of 1948. A BI~L RESPECTING THE USE OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME WITHIN THE PROVINCE NOTE. This Bill introduces a new Act. The Bill requires the use of Mountain Standard Time and prohibits the use of Daylight Saving Time or any time other than :lVIountain Standard Time, except when authorized under this Act. .

Provision is made for agreement between the Government of the Dominion of Canada and the Province or between the Province and two or more other provinces for the use or observance throughout the' Dominion or throughout the Province and the said 'Other provinces of Daylight Saving Time or any time other than Mountain Standard Time. In such case the Lieutenant Governor in Council may proclaim the use of Daylight Saving Time or time other than Mountain Standard Time in accordance with the agreement.

The Lieutenant Governor in Council is empowered to make. regulations to facilitate the carrying out of the pro visions of the Act. A fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars is prescribed for any violation of the Act or the regulations. W. S. GRAY, Legislati1)e Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 36 of 1948~

An Act respecting the use of Dayli~ht Saving Time within the Province. (Assented to , 1948.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice a~d consent of the the Legislative Assembly of the PrOVInce of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This A'ct may be -cited as "The Daylight Saving Time Act". 2.-

(1) Mountain Standard Time shall be used and observed within the Province.

(2) Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, no person shall use or observe within the Province any time other than Mountain Standard Time. 3.- (1 ) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act or in the charter of any city, no city, town, village or municipal district shall adopt, proclaim, enforce, use or observe Daylight Saving Time or any time other than Moun tain Standard Time.

(2) Any by-law passed or proclamation issued by the council or any official of a city, town, village, or municipal distdct providing for the adoption, proclamation, or enforce ment of the use or observance of Daylight Saving Time or any time other than Mountain Standard Time shall be invalid and shall have no force or effect. 4. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may,- (

a) enter into an 'agreement with the Government of the Dominion of, Canada or with the governments of two or more provinces for the use or observance throughout the Dominion or throughout the Pro vin,ce and two or more other provinces, of Daylight Saving Time or any time other than Standard Time; (

b) upon the making of any such agreement by proc lamation adopt the use or observance throughout the Province for such periods as may be prescribed in the proclamation of Mountain Daylight Saving Time or any time other than Mountain Standard Time. 2 5. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regula tions from time to time,- (

a) respecting the use, observance, or enforcement of Mountain Standard Time or of Mountain Daylight Saving Time or any time other than Mountain Standard Time adopted by ,procla.mation; (

b) generally for the purpose of carrying out the pro visions of this Act according to their true intent and to facilitate the efficient administration thereof. 6. Any person who violates any provision of this Act or of the regulations made hereunder shall be guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars and costs. 7. This Act shall not apply to that portion of the Province lying west of the town of Jasper and within five miles of the Canadian National Railways' right-of-way. 8. This Act shall >come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. FIFTH SESSION TENTH LEGISLATURE 12 GEORGE VI 1948 BILL

An Act respecting the use of Daylight Saving Time within the Province. Received and read the First time ....................................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time ............... . HON. MR. MAYNARD. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King's Printer 1948 Title: 1948 (10th, 5th) Bill 36,

An Act respecting the use of Daylight Saving Time within the Province

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L10 S5 7282
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L10 S5 7282
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	0797830439fdac9b54012caed88ef33b83bef093

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