Bill 53 (Legislature 3, Session 4)

L3 S4 9872

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 53 of 1916.

An Act to provide for the Taxation of Theatre Goers. (Assented to , 1916.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice l:md consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Theatre Goers Taxation Act." 2. I;n this Act, unless the context otherwise requires--; 1.

II Theatre" means any theatre, op~ra house or concert hall and any· premises, place, room," house, hall, tents building or structure of any kind kept or used for public perfOl~mance of trag¥dy, drama, comedy, farce, opera, burle~que, pantomine, vaudeville or any entertainment of the stage whatsoever, and any premises, place, room, house; hall,' tent, building or structure of any kind to whi.ch the public is admitted wherein any cin~matogra'ph movIng picture or other similar apparatus is operated and any travelling moving picture show. 3.

Every person attending any theatre in the province to which an entrance or admission fee is charged shall on each admission thereto pay to the Provincial Secretary for the use of the province such tax as may be fixed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council in that behalf, provided that such tax shall in no case be less than one cent nor more than twenty-five cents. 4.

The amount of such tax in any case shall be fixed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council on such basis as shall be deemed advisable, and the Lieutenant Governor in Council may prescribe tlie manner in which such tax is to be paid all(~ by whom and in what manner it is to be collected, and generally may do all such things and make all such regulationr:; as shall be deemed necessary to effectually carry out the provisions of this Act. - 5.

The Provincial Secretary shall in his discretion have power to exempt from taxation hereunder all persons attending at any theatre, any performance, entertainment or exhibition the proceeds of which are to be devoted wholly or in part to religious, charitable or patriotic objects. 6. This Act shall come into force on a date to be named by proclamation. No. 53. FOURTH SESSION THIRD LEGISLATURE GEORGE V 191'6 BILL

An Act to provide for the Taxation of Theatre Go~rs. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time ............... . Third time ................ . HON. MR. MITCHELL. EDMONTON: J. W. JIIy,."aT, GOVII'RNIIIINT PRINTER, AD. 1916 Title: 1916 (3rd, 4th) Bill 53,

An Act to provide for the Taxation of Theatre Goers

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L3 S4 9872
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L3 S4 9872
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	3a0348be35c395d1c9592362d2277e0fa2310706

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