Bill 5 (Legislature 4, Session 2)

L4 S2 10147

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 5 of 1919.

An Act to authorize the Revision of the Ordinances of the North-West TeiTitories and the Acts of the Province of Alberta, and the consolidation tht~rcof as the Statutes of Alberta. (Assented to ' 1919.) WHEREAS it is expedient that measures be adopted for revising the Ordinances of the North- West TeiTitories now applicable in the province, and the Acts of the Legislature of the province, and consolidating the same as Statutes of Alberta; Now therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

This Act may be cited as "The Revised Stq,tutes Act, 1919." 2.

It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant Governor in Council to issue a commission under the Seal of the province to one or more persons constituting him or them a com missioner or commissioners for revising and consolidating as Statutes of the province, the Ordinances of the North West Territories in force in the province at the time of the completion of such revision and consolidation, and the Acts of the Legislature of Alberta then in force; and from time to time in case of the death or refusal or incapacity to act of the said commissioner or of any of the said commis sioners to appoint some other person or persons in his or their stead. 3.

The said comm1sswner or commiSSioners is or are hereby authorized and empowered to prepare and arrange for submission to the Legislature the said revised and con solidateQ. Statutes of Alberta, and in so doing- 1. To omit therefrom such Ordinances and Acts and parts thereof as at the date of the completion of such revision and consolidation have been repealed, or superseded, or have expired, or have had their effect, and can have no further enforcement; 2.

Ta omit therefrom all enactments repealing or amend ing any Ordinance or Act, giving effect, h<?wever, to the repeals or amendments so effected in so far as such repealing or amending enactments shall, at the date aforesaid, remain effective; 3. To alter the numbering and sequence of the Ordinances and Acts so revised and consolidated and of the sections thereof, to consolidate two or more thereof into one Statute or section, to divide any such Ordinance, Act or

section into two or more Statutes or sections, and to transfer any particular provision or part of any such Ordinance, Act or

section to any other or others, in so far as may be thought advisable in order to secure a better arrangement of the said Statutes, without altering the true intent of such Ordi nances or Acts; 4. To alter the language of any such Ordinance or Act where necessary or advisable in order to better express the spirit and meaning of the law, but not so as to change the sense of any enactment; 5.

To correct clerical and typographical errors, and to suggest or make such minor amendments as are necessary to express more clearly what they deem to have been the intention of the Legislative Assembly, or to reconcile seemingly inconsistent enactments; 6. To omit any Ordinances or Acts or parts thereof which, although public general Ordinances or.

Acts, have reference only to a particular place or municipality, or particular places or municipalities, and have no general application throughout the province, and to include such as, although passed as private Ordinances or Acts, or as parts thereof, affect the public generally, and ought, in the opinion of the said commissioners, to be included in such revision and consolidation; 7. To prepare a comprehensive index for the whole. 4.

It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make provision for the payment of such sums as may be fixed by order or orders in council not exceeding the moneys to be appropriated from time to time by the Legislature for such purposes as remuneration or honorarium to the said commissioner or commissioners, and also for such further charges and expenses as shall be incurred, laid out and expended in and about the work of such revision and consolidation, and the printing and binding of such Revised Statutes or incident thereto. No.5. SECOND SESSION FOURTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to authorize the Revision of the Ordinances of the North West Territories and the Acts of the Province of Alberta, and the consolidation thereof as the Statutes of Albet-ta. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time ............... . Third time ................ . HoN. J. R. BoYLE. EDMONTON: J. W. JEFFERY, KING's PRII!Inla A. D. liHII. Title: 1919 (4th, 2nd) Bill 5,

An Act to authorize the Revision of the Ordinances of the North-West Territories and the Acts of the Province of Alberta, and the consolidation thereof as the Statutes of Alberta

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L4 S2 10147
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L4 S2 10147
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	926b738a352bbf9b8c36916c4b88ca882b2573aa

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