Bill 34 (Legislature 16, Session 3)

L16 S3 4726

Alberta — Bills

1970 Bill 34 --================================= Third Session, 16th Legislature, 19 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

An Act tet amend The Family Court Act THE ATTORNEY GENERAL First Reading ... ......................... . Second Reading ..... . Third Reading Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmon LOll BILL 34

An Act to amend The Family Court Act (Assented to , 1970) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Family Court Act is hereby amended. 2.

Section is amended by adding the following sub

section after subsection (1): (la) The Family Court is a court of record. 3.

Section is amended by striking out clause (dl). 4. The Maintenance and Recovery Act is amended as to

section 7, clause (

b) by striking out subclause (ii). 5. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. Explanatory Notes I. This Bill amends

chapter of the Revised Statutes. 2.

Section 3 (1) presently reads: 3.

(1) There shall be a family court for the PrOyillCe and the court shall be styled "The Family Court of Alberta".

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint any magistrate as a judge of the Family Court. The provision being added was previously in the Act and was inadvertently omitted when

section was rewritten in 1968.

Section 4 (d1) reads: 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council by order may confer on a named judge of a Family Court exclusive original jurisdiction or joint or general juris diction over any or all of the following matters: (dl) proceedings under Part of The Maintenance and Recovery Act,

Section 7 (

b) of The Maintenance and Recovery Act reads: (b) "judge" means (

i) a judge of the district court, or (ii) a judge of a Family Court upon whom has been conferred judisdiction over all or any of the matters under this Part; Title: 1970 (16th, 3rd) Bill 34,

An Act to amend The Family Court Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L16 S3 4726
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L16 S3 4726
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	156cf1dc23da28041475982a7c87b4e432093678

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