Bill 6 — Fourth Session, 16Th Legislature, 20 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta An Act To Amend the Queen'S Counsel Act (Legislature 16, Session 4)

L16 S4 4845

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1971 Bill Fourth Session, 16th Legislature, 20 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA

An Act to amend The Queen's Counsel Act THE PREMIER First Reading .............................. . Second Reading ............................ . Third ReacFng

AN ACT TO AN.END THE QUEEt,!,~ COUNSEL ACT (Assented to , 1971) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: i. The Queen's Counsel Act is hereby amended. 2.

Section is struck out. 9. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. I. This Bill amends

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970. 2.

Section presently reads: 8. No person to whom a patent has been issued under the provIsIons of this Act to be one of Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law shall while he holds the patent appear in any of the Courts of the Province (

a) as counsel for a party litigating with the Crown, or (

b) as counsel for a defendant in a prosecution for an offence against

an Act of the Parliament of Canada or of the Legislature of Alberta, . unless he has obtained a licence from Her Majesty in the right of th9 Province to act as such counsel, which licence may be granted by the Attorney General as representing the CrOWD. The amendment allows Queen's Counsel to appear in ac.tions against the Crown without having to obtain a licence. Title: 1971 (16th, 4th) Bill 6,

An Act to amend The Queen's Counsel Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L16 S4 4845
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L16 S4 4845
Language	en
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