No. 56 5th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 11 Elizabeth II BILL S6 A Bill to amend Certain§..tatutes HON. MR. MANNING Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1963

Explanatory Note 2. The hours that the clerks of the court are required to keep their offices open are changed from 10: 00 a.m. to 4: 30 p.m. to 9: 30 to 4. 3. The Sheriffs Act is amended to make his office hours conform to those of the clerk of the court as fixed by clause 2, of this Bill. 4. The Commissioners for Oaths Act is amended to increase the fee that a Commissioner may charge for administering an oath from 25c to 50c. 5. A new

section is added to provide for the appointment of a fourth member to the Board of Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity, of Legislation in Canada ..

BILL No. 56 of 1963

An Act to amend Certain statutes (Assented to , 1963) HER 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 Statutes Amendment Act, 1963". 2. The Judicature Act, being

chapter 164 of the Revised Statutes, is amended as to

section 43, subsection (1) by striking out clause (

a) and by substituting the following: (

a) attend at his office to keep the office open between the hours of nine-thirty in the forenoon and four in the afternoon on all days except Saturdays and holidays when the office shall be closed, and 3. The Sheriffs Act, being

chapter 312 of the Revised Statutes, is amended by striking out

section 32 and by substituting the following: 32.

(1) Every sheriff or deputy sheriff shall keep his office open on the days and during the hours that the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court is required to be kept open, and during that time he or his assistant or some clerk competent to do the business for him shall be present to transact the business of the office.

(2) Notwithstanding that his office may be closed on Saturdays, the sheriff or deputy sheriff shall, upon applica­ tion 'made to him, transact on a Saturday all necessary and urgent Ibusiness of his office in the same manner and to the same extent as on the days upon which his office must be kept open. 4. The Commissionet·s for Oaths Act, being

chapter 50 of the Revised Statutes, is amended as to

section 3, subsection (1) by striking out the words "twenty-five cents" and by substituting the words "fifty cents". 5. The Unifm·mity of Legislation Act, being

chapter 350 of the Revised Statutes, is amended by adding the following new

section immediately after

section 5:

2 6. Commencement of Act.

2 6.

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint a fourth member to the Board from the Bar of the Province to be nominated by the Benchers of the Law Society of Alberta.

(2) This Act applies to a member appointed under sub­ section (1) except that the member is not entitled to be compensa ted for eXipenses under

section 5. 6. This Act comes into force on the first day of May, 1963.

.No. 56 FIFTH SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE 11 ELIZABETH II 1963 BILL

An Act to amend Certain Statutes Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ..................................... . Third Time ....................................... . HON. MR. MANNING Title: 1963 (14th, 5th) Bill 56,

An Act to amend Certain Statutes