Bill 251 — Third Ses,Sion, 18Th Legislature, 26 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 251 An Act To Amend the Child Welfare Act (Legislature 18, Session 3)

L18 S3 5855

Alberta — Bills

1977 Bill 251 Third Ses,sion, 18th Legislature, 26 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 251

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHILD WELFARE ACT MR. KUSHNER First Reading. . ............................. ~.-, Ii Second Reading ............................ . Third Reading Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 251 Mr. Kushner BILL 251 1977

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHILD WELFARE ACT ( Assented to , 1977) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Child Welfare Act is amended by this Act. 2. The following

section is added after

section 41.2,' 41.3

(1) In this

section (a) "child" means a child, apparently or actually under the age of 16 years; and (b) "public place" means any place to which the public has access as a matter of right or to which the public is allowed access with or without payment.

(2) No child shall be in a public place between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.ln. unless the child is accompanied by and under the control of his parent or guardian or an adult who has care of the child with the prior knowledge and consent of his parent or guardian. (3) Subsection (2) shall not apply to a child behaving in 'an orderly manner and (

a) in a public place for the purpose of participating in or attending an educational, cultural, religious, community, sporting or similar organized activity, or an amusement or carnival show within the meaning of The Amusements Act, or (

b) travelling directly between two private places, between a private place and a public place men tioned in clause (

a) or between two such public places.

(4) A child found contravening this

section may be warned by a peace officer and if after the warning the child refuses to discontinue the contravention he may be baken to his home or to a place of safety by a peace officer and thereafter dealt with as a neglected child.

Explanatory Notes 1. Amends c. 45, R.S.A. 1970. 2. Adds

section 41.3.

(5) A parent or guardian who by act or omission permits his child to contravene this

section on a second or sub sequent occasion shall be deemed to have contributed to a child becoming a neglected child for the 'Purposes of sec tion 43.

(6) In any proceedings pursuant to this

section the onus establishing the age of any child shall be upon the child or the parent or guardian of the child. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2

2 Title: 1977 (18th, 3rd) Bill 251,

An Act to Amend the Child Welfare Act

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