Bill 35 (Legislature 12, Session 1)

L12 S1 6703

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 35 of A BILL TO AMEND THE SOLEMNIZATION OF MARRIAGE ACT NOTE This Bill amends The Solemnization of Marriage Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942. A new

section 7a, is added. This

section provides that a license issuer under this Act is ex officio a commissioner for taking affidavits. It further provides that affidavits hereto fore or hereafter taken by a license issuer shall have the same force as an affidavit taken by a comnlissioner under The Commissioners for Oaths Act. Sections of this Act require affidavits to be "made or delivered to" a license issuer but heretofore there was no express authority for a license issuer to take the required affidavits. This Bill comes into force on the 1st day of July, 1953. J. W. RYAN, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 35 of

An Act to amend The Solemnization of Marriage Act ( Assented to ,1959) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Solemnization of Marriage Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended. 2. The following new sectio'n is added immediately after New s~tIon

section 7: 7a "7a.

(1) A person who holds an appointment as a license License' . t t th' A t issuer is ISSUer pursuan IS C 8X officio ., (a,) is ex olfido a commissioner for taking the affidavits, ~?~:iS and " (

b) may administer oaths and take and receive the affidavits that this A,ct requires to be deposited, produced, made or delivered. "

(2) An affidavit heretofore or hereafter taken or made by a license issuer for use under this Act is as valid and of the same force to all intents and purposes as if it had been administered, taken, sworn, made or affirmed before a com missioner under The Commissioners for Oaths Act or other competent authority of the like nature.". 3. This Act comes into force on the first day of July, 1953. ~1~~~~ce No. 35 FIRST SESSION TWELFfH LEGISLATURE ELIZABETH II BILL

An Act to amend The Solemnization of Marriage Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time .... ~ .................................. . Third time ......................................... . HON. DR. CROSS Title: 1953 (12th, 1st) Bill 35,

An Act to amend The Solemnization of Marriage Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L12 S1 6703
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L12 S1 6703
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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