No. 50 5th Session, 13th Legislature, Alberta 7 Elizabeth II, 1959 BILL so A Bill to amend The :Mental Defectives Act HON. DR. Ross Printed by L. S. 'VALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1959

Explanatory Note

Section 15, subsection (1), clause (

e) presently reads: "(

e) a charge while in the institution of (

i) fifteen dollars per month for each mentally defective person under the age of sixteen years, and (ii) such monthly amount as may be fixed by the Minister in respect of such other classes of mentally defective persons admitted to an institution as may be determined by the Minister." 3. Where a charge for maintenance is not payable by a munici­ pality under

section 15, a charge may be made against the estate of the mentally defective person in an amount to be fixed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

BI LL No. 50 of 1959

An Act to amend The Mental Defectives Act (A.8sented to , 1959) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Mental Defectives Act, being

chapter 199 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 15, subsection (1) is amended by striking out clause (

e) and by substituting the following: (

e) where the mentally defective person is under twenty-one years, the sum of fifty cents a day for each day the person is in the institution. 3. The following new

section is added immediately after

section 15: 15a.

(1) Where the maintenance of a mentally defec­ tive person in an institution under this Act is not payable under

section 15 by a city, town, village, municipal district, county, improvement district or special area a per diem charge in an amount to be set by the Lieutenant Governor in Council shall be made against the estate of the mentally defective person.

(2) The Minister is entitled to recover such charges from and out of the estate of the mentally defective person but he is not bound to demand or sue for such charges if for any reason he deems it inadvisable to do so and he may (

a) make such arrangements as he thinks proper for the payment of the charges or a portion thereof out of the estate, or (

b) abandon all claims against the estate. 4. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 50 FIFT'H SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE 7 ELIZABETH II 1959 BILL

An Act to amend The Mental Defectives Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ..... Third time ......................................... . HON. DR. Ross Title: 1959 (13th, 5th) Bill 50,

An Act to amend The Mental Defectives Act