Bill 26 (Legislature 18, Session 2)

L18 S2 5598

Alberta — Bills

1976 Bill Second Session, 18th Legislature, 25 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF A~BERTA BILL THE DEPARTMENT OF OONSUMER ANID CORPORATE AF~AIRS 'AMENDMENT ACT, 1976 MR. JAMISON First Reading Second Reading ........... , ................. . Third Reading Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill Mr. Jamison BILL THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND CORPO'RATE AFFAIRS AMEN'DMENT ACT, 1976 (Assented to , 1976) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,enacts as follows: 1. The Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs Act is hereby amended. 2. The following

section is added after

section 6.1: 7.

(1) In carrying out the powe~s, conferred on the Minister by this Act, the Minister, or any person authorized in writing by him for the purpose, may, by notice to any person, require that person to furnish to him within the time specified in the notice written information verified by affidavit in connection with any matter under investigation.

(2) The Minister, or any person authorized in writing by him to conduct an investigation, has for the purposes of an investigation conducted under this Act, the powers of a commissioner appointed under The Public Inquiries Act.

(3) Any person who fails to comply with a request made under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable ~n

summary conviction to a fine of not more than $500 and m default of payment to imprisonment for a term n9t e~ceed· ing 90 days. ( 4) A pers'on is not guilty of an offence under subsecti~n (3) if in the circumstances of the case the time speciified m the notice was unreasonable. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 'Explanatory Notes I. This Bill will amend

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, ~73. 2. This

section is based on a

section presently found in The onsumer Affairs Act which is to be repealed on Proclamation. Title: 1976 (18th, 2nd) Bill 26, The Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs Amendment Act, 1976

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L18 S2 5598
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L18 S2 5598
Language	en
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