Bill 45 (Legislature 9, Session 4)

L9 S4 7650

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Bill No. 45 of 1944. A BILL TO AMEND THE OIL AND GAS RESOURCES CONSERVATION ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends The Oil and Gas Resources Conserva tion Act,

chapter 66, R.S.A., 1942. The amendment made by

section of the Bill provides that the time foOr owners of petroleum properties to deliver statements to the Board as toO their mineral properties is fixed at not later than the thirty-first day of March. For merly it was not later than the thirtieth day of June, and the Board is anxious to get the information at an earlier da te in the year. The amendment to

section is made by reason oOf the amendment also made toO

section 26. The new subsection (6) of

section added to the Act by

section of the Bill is toO provide for a minimum tax of one doOllar, similar to the provision of The Mineral Taxation Act. The new

section 41a added by

section of the Bill is to provide for extension of time where dates are fixed by the Act for certain proceedings. This is also the same proOvision as is now in The Mineral Taxation Act. W. S. GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form ctny pctrt of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 45 of 1944.

An Act to amend The Oil and Gas Resources Conservation Act. (Assented to ,1944.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Oil and Gas Resources Conservation Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended as to

section by striking out the words "not later than the thirtieth day of June in every year", where the same occur in subsection (1) thereof, and by substituting therefor the words "not later than the thirty first day of March in ea,ch year". 2. The said Act is further amended a~ to se,ction by striking out the words "after the thirtieth day of June in each year", where the same occur in subsection (2) thereof, and by substituting therefor the words "after the thirty-first day of March in each year". 3. The said Act is further amended as to

section by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "

(6) The amount of the tax payable by any person under the provisions of this

section shall be the sum of ~ne dollar incase the taxes payable by such person in respect of such minerals amount to a sum of less than one dollar." 4. The said Act is further amended by adding immedi ately after

section the following new section: "41a-

(1) If anything to be done within a number of days or at a time fixed by or under this Act cannot be or is not so done, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order from time to time appoint a further or other time for doing it, whether the time at or within which the same ought to have been done, has or has not arrived or expired, as the case may be. "

(2) Anything done at or within the time specified in such order shall be as valid as if it had been done at or within the time fixed by or under this Act." 5. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. FOURTH SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Oil and Gas Resources Conservation Act. Recei ved and read the First time ...... . Second time Third time .. HON. MR. TANNER. EDMONTON: A Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1944 (9th, 4th) Bill 45,

An Act to amend The Oil and Gas Resources Conservation Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L9 S4 7650
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L9 S4 7650
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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