Bill 72 (Legislature 11, Session 5)

L11 S5 6869

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 72 of 1952. A BILL TO AMEND THE MENTAL DISEASEB ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends The Mental Diseases Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta,

Section 27, subsection (2) is amended. By this amend ment the superintendant of a mental disease hospital, who could permit a mental patient to be absent from the hospital for a period not exceeding ten days, may now extend the ten day period from time to time upon receiving favourable reports from those in charge of the patient; but the aeCUlllU lated periods of absence shall not exceed six months.

A ne\\-' subsection (3) has been added which redrafts a portion of the former subsection (2) and limits the amount of money which the superintendent of a hospital may give the mental patient for transportation and other expenses to forty dollars. This Bill comes into force upon assent. J. W. RYAN, Acting LegislaUve Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provision,r;.) BILL No. 72 Df 1952.

An Act to amend The Mental Diseases Act. (Assented to , 1952.) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as foll'Ows: 1. The Mental D'iseases Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes Df Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended. 2.

Section is amended:

Section 2'; amended (

a) by striking 'Out the words "and furnish him "vith the laforesaid transportation and money", where they Dccur in subsection (2) and by substituting the words "and Dn receipt of satisfact'Ory reports con cerning the patient fr'Om the relatives or those respDnsible for the patient, Inay extend the period from time to time, but in no. case shall the total period a patient is absent frOom the hospital, under this subsectiDn, exceed six months" ; (

b) by adding immediately 'after subsection (2) the following new subsection: "

(3) Where the superintendent of a hospital of his own authority permits a patient to be absent from the hDspital under the provisi'Ons of subsection (2), the superintendent may furnish the patient, if he be in indigent circumstances, with transpDrta tion to. and from his home, Dr sufficient money to pay his transportation, and other necessary ex penses during the journey, such sum not to exceed forty dollars.". 3. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which ~Om}lJg it is assented to. mto 01'C'€: FIFTH SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE Elizabeth II BILL

An Act to amend The Mental Disea;.-;es Act. Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ...................................... . Third time ......................................... . HON. DR. CROSS. Title: 1952 (11th, 5th) Bill 72,

An Act to amend The Mental Diseases Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L11 S5 6869
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L11 S5 6869
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	549ab50e0c395c460aa8ec017527df2d4ccaf9e4

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