Bill 80 (Legislature 14, Session 5)

L14 S5 1819

Alberta — Bills

No. 80 5th Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 11 Elizabeth II BILL 80 A Bill to amend The 'Coroners Act HON. MR. MANNING Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Edmonton, Alberta, 1963

Explanatory Note 2. Subsection (3a) of seC"tion 3 is added to empower coroneTS to take affidavits required by the Act in the Province. 3. The Sohedule1lo this Act is to be struck out and forms wiH be prescribed under seotion 33 of this Act. See clause 14 of this Bill The Vital Statistics Act was repealed and replaced by The Viltal Statistics Act, 1959. 4. The

Schedule to this Act is to be struck oUit and forms will be prescribed under

section 33. Form C is to be changed. from an affidavit to a certificate. 5. The SoheduJe to this Act rs to be struck Olll!t and :tiorm's will be prescribed under seotion 33 of the Act.

BILL No. 80 of 1963

An Act to amend The Coroners Act (Assented to , 1963) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice a.nd consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Coroners Act, being

chapter 62 of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended.

Section 3 is amended by adding the following sub

section immediately after subsection (3) : (3a) A coroner is ex officio a commissioner for taking affidavits required by this Act in the Province.

Section 8 is amended (

a) as to subsection (1) by striking out the words "warrant, in Form A in the Schedule,') and by sub stituting the words "'warrant in the prescribed form,", (

b) as to subsection (3) by striking out the wOi.'ds "The Vital Statistics Act," and by substituting the words "The Vital Statistics Act, 1959,".

Section 9, subsection (1) is amended (

a) by striking out clause (

a) and by substituting the following: (

a) issue his warrant in the prescribed form to bury the body, (

b) as to clause (

b) by striking out t.he words "an af fidavit in Form C in the Schedule" and by sub stituting the words "a certificate in the prescribed form", (

c) as to clause (

c) by striking out the words "The Vital Statistics Act" and by substituting the words "The Vital Statistics Act, 1959".

Section 10 is amended (

a) as to subsection (1), clause (

c) by striking out the words "Form B" and by substituting the words "the prescribed form",

2 8. Form E is changed from an affidavit to a certificate. See note tlO clause 5 of this Bill. 7. See note to clause 5 of this BHl. 8. See note to clause 5 of this Bill.

Section 18 is revised to correct the references to The Viltal Statistics Adt which was repea:ledand repl1aJCed with Tlhe Vital Statistics Act, 1959. Subsection (6) of seotion 18 presenrtly reads: "

(6) Where a ClOr,o.ner is required to make or is maliling an investbi glation into a deruth other than a death f'I'Iom or in ciTcumstances refel'red ,to in subseCltion (5), (a) 'if the claiuse of dealth is ill-defined, 100hsCiure or unknown, (

b) df ,the decelaised apparently 'died fI'lom dlsea;se, Clond,ilt.ilorus re sUil:1Jing from disease, Slickness or ,OIther naturaJ. causes, or (

c) if the Reglilstrnr Genell"al has, plllI'lsuant to

section 25 of The Vitial Sttatiistii'CIS ACIt, orde,red the inveSitiglaJtion 'of the death, the coro.nershal:l obtain the consent of the Registmr Genera:! be-fore ordering a pom-m'ortem examinwtion.". 1 O. See dause 5 of this Bill. II. See clause 5 of this Bill. 12. See note to cl'ause 3 of this BUL ) 3. See note to clause 5 of this Bill.

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b) as to' subsectinn (3) by striking nut the wnrds "'make, in Fnrm D in the Schedule, an affidavit" and by substituting the wnrds "swear an affidavit in the presor,ibed form".

Section 11 is amended (

a) as to subsectinn (1) by striking nut the wnrds "an affidavit in Fnrm E in the Schedule" and by sub stituting the wnrds "a certificate in the prescribed fnrm" , (

b) as to' subsectinn (2) by striking out the wnrd "af fidavit" and by substituting the wnrd "certificate". 7. Sectinn 13, subsection (2) is amended by striking nut the wnrds "Fnrm A in the Schedule" and by subs,tituting the wnrds "the prescdbed fnrm". 8. Se1ction 14 is 'amended by striking nut the words "Form B in the Schedule," and by substituting the wnrds "the pre sio~ibed flOrm,". 9. Sectinn 18, subsectinn (6) is amended (

a) by striking nut clause (

c) and by substituting the fnllnwing: (

c) if the Directnr has nrdered a pnst-mnrtem ex amanatinn to' be made nn the body nf the de ceased pursuant to' sectinn 14 nf The Vital Statistics Act, 1959, (

b) by striking nut the wnrds fnllnwing clause (

c) and by substituting the fnllnwing: "the cnrnner shall obtain the cnnsent nf the At torney General nr the Provincial Chief Cnrnner be fnre nrdering a pnst-mnrtem ex,aminatinn." 10. Sectinn 21, subsectinns (2) and (3) are amended by striking out the wnrds "Fnrm F in the Schedule" and by SUbstituting the words "the prescribed fnrm". 11. Sectinn 26, subseCition (1) i,s amended by striking nut the words "Fnrm G in the Schedule" and by SlUbsitituting the words "fue prescribed form". 12. Sectinn 29 is amended (

a) as to' subsectinn (1), clause (

a) by striking nut the wnrds "Fnrm G in the Schedule," and by substitut ing the wnrds "the prescribed form,", (

b) as to' subsectinn (2) by striking nut the wnrds "The Vital Statistics Act" and by substituting the words "The Vital Statistics Act, 1959". 13. Sectinn 30 is amended by striking nut the wnrds "Form H in the Schedule" and bv subs,tituting the wnrds "the prescribed fnrm". ~

3 14. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may prescribe fees to be charged under the Act. Clause (

c) of

section 33 presently reads: • '33. Tlhe LieUJtenant Governor in Council (

c) may abter forons prescribed by this Aot for use thereunder.". 15. The forms contained in the

Schedule .are to be prescribed under

section 33, clause (

b) of the Act. 16. Commencement of Act.

Section 33 is amended by striking out clause (

c) and by sUbstituting the following: (

c) may prescribe a tariff of fees to be charged for services provided under this Act. 15. The

Schedule is hereby struck out. 16. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 80 FIFTH SESSION fOURTEENTH LEGISLA JURE 11 ELIZABETH II 1963 BILL

An Act to amend The Coroners Act Received and read the First time .................................. . Second time .................................. . Third time ................................... . HON. MR. MANNING. Title: 1963 (14th, 5th) Bill 80,

An Act to amend The Coroners Act

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