Bill 33 (Legislature 6, Session 4)

L6 S4 8944

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 33 of 1930.

An Act to amend The Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act, 1924. (Assented to ,1930.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as, "The Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act, 1924, Amendment Act, 1930." 2. The Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act, 1924, being

chapter 31 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1924, is amended by repealing

section 8 thereof and substituting therefor the following: "8.-

(1) Where the owner of a motor vehicle, resident without the Province, has complied with the laws of his place of residence with respect to the registration and licens ing of the motor vehicle, and wher.e the motor vehicle carry ing displayed thereon the registration number-plates for the current year assigned under those laws for that motor vehicle, is brought into the Province for temporary use therein for the purpose of touring for pleasure for a period not exceeding six months, then, at the earliest opportunity available, and not in any event later than twenty-four hours after commencing to operate the motor vehicle upon any highway within· the Province, the owner shall cause the motor vehicle to be registered with the commissioner of police by delivering to the commissioner of police or to any constable of the provincial police, or any other person authorized by the commissioner of police to rec.eive the same, a notice in the prescribed form: "Provided that where the owner of the motor vehicle so brought into the Province is resident at a place in the United States of America, and where at the time of the entry into the Dominion of the motor vehicle a customs per mit was duly obtained in respect thereof, then if the customs permit so obtained is carried in the motor vehicle at all times while it is on any highway in the Province, and is exhibited upon the request of any police officer or constable, the ob taining of the customs permit shall be deemed to be a suffi cient compliance with this

section in lieu of the registration of the motor vehicle otherwise required.

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(2) Upon receipt of the noticl~ in the form prescribed, and upon being satisfied of the truth of the facts stated in the notice, the commissioner of police shall cause to be issued to the owner a certificate of registration in the pre scribed form, together with a wind-shield sticker of a design approv,ed by him; and the motor vehicle with such stickel' conspicuously displayed on the lower part of its wind-shield while being used by the owner within the Province for the purposes of touring for pleasure, during the period named in the certificate, shall be deemed sufficiently registered and licensed for the purposes of this Act."

Section 11 of the said Act is amended by inserting after the words "infraction of any of the provisions of this Act or of the regulations made theveunder" the words "01' of The Criminal Code."

Section 72a is added to the said Act, immediately after

section 72, as follows: "72a. Any person failing to produce his driver's license when demanded by any police officer or any inspector, shall upon

summary conviction be liable to a penalty of not less than one dollar and not more than five dollars and costs."

Section 76a is added to the said Act, immediately after

section 76, as follows: "76a.-

(1) Any person who operates a motor vehicle during the period of suspension of the certificate of regis tration thereof, or of his driver'S or chauffeur's license, shall be liable upon

summary conviction- " (

a) for a first offence to a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one hundred dollars and costs, and'shall also be liable to imprison ment for a term not exceeding thirty days; and " (

b) for any subsequent offenCl:l to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than five hundred dollars and costs, and shall also be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. "

(2) Any person who without a subsisting license oper ates a motor vehicle after the caneeUation of the certificate of registration thereof, or of his driver's or chauffeur's license, shall be liable to the penalties provided in subsection (1) ."

Section 80a is added to the said Act, immediately after

section 80, as follows: "80a. Every person who- "(

a) brings any motor vehicle into the Province for tem porary use for the purpose of touring for pleasure, and fails, in. contravention of

section 8, to give the notice required by

section 8: or "(

b) makes in any notice given by him for the purposes of

section 8 any false statement; or

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c) being in possession of a motor vehicle in respect of which a certificate of registration has been issued under

section 8, and being requested by any police officer or constable to exhibit the certificate, r,efuses or fails to exhibit the certificate; or " (

d) being in poss.ession of a motor vehicle in respect of the ·entry of which into the Dominion a customs per mit has heen obtained, and being requested by any police officer or constable to exhibit the customs permit, refuses or fails to exhibit the same- shall on

summary conviction be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than three hun dred dollars."

No. 33. FOURTH SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE 20 GEORGE V 1930 BILL

An Act to amend The Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act, 1924. Received and read the First time ................... . Second time .................. . Third time ... , ............... . RON. MR. MCPHERSON EDMONTON: W. D. McLEAN, KING'S PRINTER A.D. 1930 Title: 1930 (6th, 4th) Bill 33,

An Act to amend The Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act, 1924

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L6 S4 8944
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