BILL No. 106 of 1936.

An Act to amend The Legal Profession Act. (Assented to , 1936.) HIS MAJE.ST~, 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 Legal Profession Act Amendment Act, 1936." 2. The Legal Profession Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is hereby amended as to

section thereof by striking out subsection (2) thereof and by substituting therefor the following: "

(2) In case a poll is necessary the secretary shall, not later than the second Tuesday of October, preceding the day of election, send to each member of the society in good standing, at his last known place of residence, a list of the candidates so nominated, arranged in alphabetical order, accompanied by one copy of a voting paper in Form A in the

schedule to this Act containing a list of the candidates so nominated arranged in alphabetical order." 3. The said Act is further amended as to

section thereof by striking out the same and by substituting there­ for the following: "18. In the event of any elector voting for more candi­ dates than the number of benchers to be elected, such voting paper shall not be counted." 4. The said Act is further amended as to

section thereof by striking out the words commencing with the words "Provided that" to the end of the section. 5. The said Act is further amended by inserting therein, immediately after

section thereof, the following new section: "59a.-(

I) Any person not being a barrister and solicitor who for or in expectation of any fee, gain or reward either directly or indirectly draws or prepares any instrument relating to real or personal estate or any legal proceeding or to the incorporation of joint stock companies shall be liable on

summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. "

(2) Notwithstanding anything in any Act contained, proceedings in respect of any offence under this

section may be brought at any time within two years next after the commission of the offence or within six months next after the first discovery thereof by the prosecutor, whichever period is the shorter. 2 "

(3) This

section shall not extend to,- "(

a) any public officer drawing or preparing instru­ ments in the course of his duty; or " (

b) any person employed merely to engross any instrument or proceeding. " ( 4) For the purpose of this

section the expression 'instrument' does not include,- "(

a) a letter or power of attorney; or " (

b) a transfer of stock containing no trust or limita­ tion thereof." 6. The said Act is further amended by repealing sec­ tions to thereof, both inclusive. 7. The said Act is further amended as to the

schedule thereto by striking out Form A thereof and by substituting therefor the following: "FORM A. "(Section 17). "THE LAW SOCIETY OF ALBERTA "VOTING PAPER. "I, in the Province of hereby declare: "Election of Benchers, 19 , of , Alberta, Barrister and Solicitor, do "1. That the signature hereto is my proper handwriting; "2. That I now reside at ; "3. That I have placed a cross opposite the names of those persons for whom I desire to vote as Benchers of the Law Society; "A.B. .. of "C.D. of "E.F. of "G.H. of . "4. That I have signed no other voting paper at this election; "5.

That this voting paper was executed on the day of the date thereof. "Witness my hand this day of , A.D. 19 .. No. 106. FIRST SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE EDWARD VIII BILL

An Act to amend The Legal Profession Act. Received and read the First time Second time Third time ...................................... . HON. MR. HUGILL. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King's Printer Title: 1936 (8th, 1st) Bill 106,

An Act to amend The Legal Profession Act