Bill 5 (Legislature 2, Session 2)

L2 S2 10803

Alberta — Bills

3 8. A varent, guardian or other person having the charge or control of any child between the ages of eight and thirteen years inclusive who, after having been warned as provided for iin the preceding section, negiPCts or, refu- to cause m1ch child to attend some school, unless such child ia excused froru attellldancc as provided by thiS Act, shall incur a penalty of not .less than five· dollars nor. more than. twenty dollarB.

(2) The justice or justices of the · peace . trying a complaint under this

section ·may instead of imposing a. pena.lty require a person convicted. of an offence under this

section to give a bond in the penal sum of one hundred dollars, with one or more sureties to be approved by him or them, conditioned that the· person convicted shall after the expiration of five days, cause the child to attend some Bchool 11.15 required _by this Act. 9. Every tnJant officer shall institute, or cause to be inc;ti tuted, proceedings against a parent, guardian or other person having charge or control of a child, or against any other person violating any of the proviRions of this Act. 10.

The teacher or the principal of every public ami separate sehool shall once in each month of the Rehool year report to tlw truant. offic0r of the> citv. town or diRtrict in which t.hC' ,.:phool is Rituate tlw natnC'><, agp;; and re>"ide>JH,eR of all pupils "n the !'lehool regi:<tcr who haYe not attended sd1ool as re '!Uimd by thi,: Ad., togP1hcr with >'Uch other infor111ation a.-< th<> truant offin'r may rc•tuin• for enforeing: till' pro\'isions of this Aet. (2} The teacher or principal, as the case may be, shall aL-;o forthwith report to the truant officer every cMe of expulsion. ll.,Every person and officer charged With the duty o£ en forcing any provi>"ion of this Act who neglects to perform the duty iimposPd upon him shall incnr a penalty not exceeding !1';10 for each offence. 12.

The pfmalties imposed by this Aet Rhall be recoverable on suinina,·y convietion. 13. A conviction or order Inade in any 1nattcr answ?; under this Aet Rhall not be removed, either at the instance of the Crown or of any private pemon, into the Sup1·cnw Court. 14. l,\'herc a person is ehargPd with an offence under thiR Act in resped to a child who is alleged to he within the ages of eight and thirteen years inclusive and the child appears to the court to be within such ages the child shall, for the pur poses of this Aet, be det'lllcd to be within such ages unless the contrary is proved. 1.5.

Nothing herein shall be held to require tl-e child of a Roman Catholie who is a separate school supporter to attend a publie school or to require the child of a public school sup porter to attend a Roman Catholic separate schooL

(2) No penalty shall be imposed in- reBpect to the absence of a child from school on a day regarded as a holy day by the church or religious denomination to which such child belong,;. 16. This Act shall come into effect on .January 1st, 1911. Title: 1910 (2nd, 2nd) Bill 5,

An Act respecting Truancy and Compulsory School Attendance

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L2 S2 10803
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L2 S2 10803
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	bde23d7d0ff990851796974dfeaf1b25ad36a0cb

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