Bill 30 (Legislature 16, Session 3)

L16 S3 4722

Alberta — Bills

1970 Bill 30 =~==========================~.~.~~~~==~ Third Session, 16th Legislature, 19lEliiabeuh' II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSE'MBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

An Act to amend The Queen/s Counsel Act THE HON. MR. LUDWIG First Reading ............................. . Second Reading ............................ . Third Reading ............................. . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton BILL

An Act to amend The Queen's Counsel Act (Assented to , 1970) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Queen's Counsel Act is hereby amended. 2. The following

section is added after

section 3: 3a. Notwithstanding

section upon the appointment of any person who is a member of the Bar of Alberta to the office of Attorney General of Alberta or upon the coming into force of this section, whichever is the later date, if the member of the Bar so appointed as Attorney General is not one of Her Majesty's Counsel, learned in the law, for the Province of Alberta, the Lieutenant Governor in Council shall, as provided in

section 2, by letters patent under the Great Seal of the Province appoint that person as one of Her Majesty's Counsel, learned in the law, for the Province of Alberta. 3. This Act comes intO' force on July 1, 1970. Explanatory Notes I. This Bill will amend

chapter of the Revised Statutes. 2. Sections and read: 2. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by letters patent under the Great Seal of the Province, appoint from among the members of the Bar of Alberta such p·ersons as he deems right to be, during pleasure, provincial officers under the name of "Her Majesty's Counsel, learned in the law, for ,the Province of Alberta". 3.

No person shall be appointed to such an offic·e who has not been entitled during ten years to practise in the Superior Courts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or of any province of Canada or for a portion of that period in one, and for the remaining portion of that period in the other or others of the said Courts. Title: 1970 (16th, 3rd) Bill 30,

An Act to amend The Queen's Counsel Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L16 S3 4722
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L16 S3 4722
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	75a5474cd223b5ef8eaa8e90123ca4761a726b0e

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