5th Session, 42nd Parliament

(2024) FIRST READING

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The printed version remains the official version.

MR. KEVIN FALCON

BILL M 212 – 2024

NAME AMENDMENT ACT, 2024

HIS 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 9] requires the registrar general to refuse an application on certain grounds.

Section 9 of the Name Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 328, is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3.1) The registrar general must refuse an application if

(

a) the applicant is a person who has been convicted of a designated offence,

(

b) the applicant is a person who has, at any time, been designated as a dangerous offender under

section 753 of the Criminal Code (Canada),

(

c) the applicant is a person who has, at any time, been designated as a long-term offender under

section 753.1 of the Criminal Code (Canada), or

(

d) the registrar general determines that a public body has disclosed personal information relating to the applicant pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act due to a risk to the health or safety of the public and the person is considered a high-risk offender in British Columbia.

CLAUSE 2: [Name Act,

section 9.1] adds a new prohibition.

2 The following

section is added:

Prohibited name change applications

9.1 No person shall make an application to change the name of a person referred to in

section 9 (3.1) (

a) to (d).

Commencement

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

Explanatory Notes

CLAUSE 1: [Name Act,

section 9] requires the registrar general to refuse an application on certain grounds.

CLAUSE 2: [Name Act,

section 9.1] adds a new prohibition.

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