Bill 211 — Second Session, 17Th Legislature, 21 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 211 An Act To Amend the Child Welfare Act Lvlr. Wilson (Legislature 17, Session 2)

L17 S2 5243

Alberta — Bills

1973 Bill Second Session, 17th Legislature, 21 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

An Act to amend The Child Welfare Act lVlR. WILSON First Reading ............................ . Second Reading . Third Reading . . . . . . Printed by QUEEN'S PRINTER tor the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill Mr. Wilson BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHILD WELFARE ACT (Assented to , 1973) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis'lative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Child Welfare Act is hereby arrwnded. 2.

Section is amended: (

a) by striking out subsection, (1) and substituting the following: 41.

(1) Every person hav,ing information of, or on reasonable and probable grounds suspecting, the abandonment, desertion, ill-treatment or need for protection of a child shall report the information, or suspicions ,to the Director or any supervisor of the Department of Health and Social Development or a municipal welfare director or a solicitor acting on behalf of the Department of the Attorney General. (

b) by adding the following subsection after subsection (2) :

(3) A person who fails to report information or suspkions as required in subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable upon

summary conviction to a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $1,000, and in default of payment, to a term of im prisonment of not less than two months and not more ,than one year, or to both fine and imprison ment. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. Explanatory Notes A Bill making the reporting of child abuse mandatory.

Section 41, subsection (1), presently reads: 41.

(1) Every person having information IOf the abandonment, de sertion, physical ill-treatment or need for protection of a child shall report the informatLon to the Director or any supervisor of the Depart ment lof Social Development or a municipal welfare director or a soli citor acting on behalf of the Department of the Attorney General. Title: 1973 (17th, 2nd) Bill 211,

An Act to amend The Child Welfare Act

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Citation	L17 S2 5243
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