Bill 72 (Legislature 12, Session 3)

L12 S3 6517

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 72 of A BILL TO AMEND THE MAGISTRATES AND JUSTICES ACT NOTE Firstly, this Bill--amends The Magistrates and Justices Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942.

Section is amended by the addition of a new subsection (10). The Criminal Code as revised and enacted by

chapter of the Statutes of Canada, 1953-54, will come into force on the 1st day of April, 1955.

Part XVI of the Code con fers certain jurisdiction upon a magistrate who is "specially authorized by the terms of his appointment to exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon a magistrate by this Part" (Part XVI). Subsection (10) empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council, in the future appointment of a magistrate under the Act, to authorize the exercise of this jurisdiction. Secondly, the Bill provides that in the case of a magistrate already appointed, it is, with effect from the 1st day of April, 1955, a term of his appointment that he may exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon a magistrate by

Part XVI of the Code. This Bill comes into force upon assent. J. W. RYAN, Acting Legislative Counsel. (ThiB note does not form any pa1't of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 72 of

An Act to amend The Magistrates and Justices Act (Assented to , 1955) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Magistrates and Justices Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 19421-is hereby amended. 2.

Section is amended by adding immediately after

Section subsection (9) the following new subsection: amended "

(10) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by the terms of appointment, authorize a magistrate to exercise the juri~iction conferred upon a magistrate by

Part XVI of the Oriminal Code, being

chapter of the Statutes of Canada, 1953-54.". 3.

(1) It is a term of the appointment of every Term of magistrate appointed before the first day of April, 1955, appointment that he may exercise the jurisdiction conferred upon a magistrate by

Part XVI of the Criminal Code, being

chapter of the Statutes of Canada, 1953-54. (2) Subsection (1) is applicable on and after the first day of April, 1955. 4. This Act comes into force on the first day of April, {oo~~ng into 1955. THIRD SESSION TWELfTH LEGIS LA lURE ELIZABETH II BILL

An Act to amend The Magistrates and Justices Act Received and read the First time ........................................ .. Second time. Third time .......... .. HON. MR. MAYNARD Title: 1955 (12th, 3rd) Bill 72,

An Act to amend The Magistrates and Justices Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L12 S3 6517
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L12 S3 6517
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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