Bill No. 23 of 1950. A BILL TO AMEND THE FIRE PREVENTION ACT NOTE. This Bill amends The Fire Pr'evention Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942. Se,ction of the Act is amended in order that fire pre­ vention and fire inspection officers in fire departments may act as local assistants to the fire commissioner.

Section is amended. At present local assistants are required to report all fires to the fire commissioner. Under the prop.osed amendment they will now only be required to report fires caused by negligence or design or in which loss of life or uninsured property occurs or fires with re~pect to which the fire commissioner has requested that a report be made.

Section is amended. At present if a fire oC,curs it must be reported to the fire commissioner both by the insurer and by the person suffering the l.oss. Under the amendment it would only be necessary for the person suffering the loss to report those fires in which his property is not insured. This amendment is designed to eliminate duplication in reporting fires. KENNETH A. McKENZIE, Acting Legi8la,tive Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offe1'cd in expla,nation Of its provisions.) BILL No. 23 of 1950.

An Act to amend The Fire Prevention Act. (Asse'nted to ,1950.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and ~onsent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Fire Prevention Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended as to

section 5, clause (

a) by adding immediately at the end thereof the words "and such other member or members of the fire department as the fire chief may authorize to act as local assistants". 2. The said Act is further amended as to

section by striking out subsection (2) and by substituting the following: "

(2) Every local assistant,~ " (

a) when he finds upon investigation that a fire has been caused by negligence or design, or that loss of life has resulted from fire, or that property in the Province on which no insurance is in effect, has been destroyed by fire; or " (

b) when he is requested to do so by the fire com- missioner; shall immediately following such investigation furnish to the fire commissioner on a form supplied by him, all facts relating to the cause and origin of the fire.". 3. The said Act is further amended as to

section 24,­ (

a) by adding immediately after the word "Province" where it occurs in subsection (3) the words "on which no insurance is in effect"; (

b) by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following new subsection: " (3a) Any person, firm or corporation who has sustained loss by fire on property in the Province, upon the request of the fire conlmissioner, shall advise the fire commissioner of the date of the fire and the amount of loss sustained and shall furnish any further information that the fire com~ missioner may require.". 4. This Act shall conle into force on the first day of July, 1950. No. 23. FIRST SESSION lWELFTH LEGISLA1URE GEORGE VI 19-50 BILL

An Act to amend The Fire Prevention Act. Received and read the First time ... Second time .................................. . Third time ..................................... . HON. MR. GERHART. Title: 1950 (11th, 3rd) Bill 23,

An Act to amend The Fire Prevention Act