Bill 19 — Third Session, 21St Legislature, 37 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 19 Marriage Amendment Act, 1988 (Legislature 21, Session 3)

L21 S3 2937

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1988 BILL 19 Third Session, 21st Legislature, 37 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 19 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT, 1988 MR. ADY First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Title: 1988 (21st, 3rd) Bill 19, Marriage Amendment Act, 1988

Bill 19 Mr. Ady BILL 19 1988 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT ACT, 1988 (Assented to , 1988) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Marriage Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 3(2) is repealed. 3

Section 13(1) is repealed and the following is substituted: 13(1) An issuer shall not issue a marriage licence until the pre scribed licence fee is paid to him and each of the applicants for the licence has delivered to him an affidavit of particulars in the prescribed form. 4

Section 22 is repealed. 1

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter M-6 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section 3(2) presently reads:

(2) A registration under subsection (1) expires on December 31 of the year for which the registration is made. 3

Section 13(1) presently reads: 13(1) An issuer shall not issue a marriage licence until the prescribed licence fee is paid to him and until each of the applicants for the licence has delivered to him (

a) an affidavit of particulars, in the prescribed form, and (

b) a medical certificate given in accordance with

section 22. 4

Section 22 presently reads: 22(1) The medical certificate required by

section 13 shall be given by a physician, except that in the case of a person residing at a place where it is impossible to obtain the certificate of a physician without great trouble or inconvenience, the issuer may, if he is satisfied of the foregoing circum stances, accept the certificate of a municipal nurse instead of the certificate of a physician.

(2) The certificate shall (

a) certify that a specimen of blood for the serologic test for syphilis has been taken from the applicant and has been or will be sent to the Provincial Laboratory or to a laboratory approved by the Director of the Provincial Laboratory and that the result of the test will be con veyed to the applicant, and (

b) show that the specimen was taken within 14 days before the date of application for the marriage licence.

(3) The person who takes a blood specimen pursuant to this

section is entitled to receive from the person whose blood is taken a fee not exceeding the fee prescribed for that service by regulation under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act.

(4) A laboratory to whom a blood specimen is sent shall notify the Director of the Division of Social Hygiene of the Department of Community and 1 Explanatory Notes

Section 29(

g) is repealed. 2

Occupational Health of all tests that are found positive, and if the Director is not satisfied from the result of the lest he may require the person whose blood was taken to submit to further tests. 5

Section 29(

g) presently reads: 29 The Minister may make regulations (

g) authorizing the waiving of the requirement of blood tests under certain conditions: 2 Explanatory Notes Title: 1988 (21st, 3rd) Bill 19, Marriage Amendment Act, 1988

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L21 S3 2937
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Volume / chapter	L21 S3 2937
Language	en
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