3rd Session, 42nd Parliament

(2022) FIRST READING

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MR. DOUG CLOVECHOK

BILL M 205 – 2022

NAME AMENDMENT ACT, 2022

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

CLAUSE 1: [Name Act,

section 2] adds an exception to the restriction on changes of name under the Act.

Section 2 (2) of the Name Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 328, is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(a.1) a change in the surname of one spouse to a surname consisting of the surname of that spouse and the surname of the other spouse, hyphenated or combined; .

CLAUSE 2: [Name Act,

section 3] permits a spouse by marriage to use a surname consisting of the surname of that spouse and the surname of the other spouse by marriage.

Section 3 is amended by striking out " or " at the end of paragraph (b), by adding " , or " at the end of paragraph (c), and adding the following paragraph:

(

d) use a surname consisting of the surname of that spouse and the surname of the other spouse by marriage, hyphenated or combined.

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.

Explanatory Notes

CLAUSE 1: [Name Act,

section 2] adds an exception to the restriction on changes of name under the Act.

CLAUSE 2: [Name Act,

section 3] permits a spouse by marriage to use a surname consisting of the surname of that spouse and the surname of the other spouse by marriage.

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