Bill 16 (Legislature 11, Session 4)

L11 S4 6927

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 16 of 1951. A BILL TO AMEND THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS (UNORGANIZED TERRITORY) ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends The Domestic Animals (Unorganized Territory) Act, being ,chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942. All of these amendments are in

Part V of the Act relating to the sale and redemption of impounded animals. Sections 81, 82 and are amended.

Section requires the purchaser of an impounded animal to retain it for tb:irty days from the date of the sale. The effect of the amendment is that this

section no longer applies in the case of the sale of a horse.

Section gives the owner of an animal thirty days from the date of the sale within which to redeem the animal. Three minor amendments are made to subsection (1) of this

section so that it no longer applies to the sale of a horse.

Section provides that thirty days after a sale made under this Part, ownership of the animal vests in the purchaser unless the former owner redeems during the period of redemption. This

section is amended to provide that in the case .of the sale of a horse ownership vests in the purchaser upon completion of the sale.

Section 89, clause (

b) is amended. 'This

section pre scribes a penalty for selling an animal within thirty days after its purchase under this Part. The effect of the amendment is to exempt horses from the application of this section. Considerable numbers of wild horses are being impound ed and sold. Such animals have no owner so there is no one interested in redemption. The amendments are designed to facilitate disposition of these animals. KENNETH A. MCKENZIE, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 16 of 1951.

An Act to amend The Domestic Animals (Unorganized Territory) Act. (Assented to , 1951.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Domestic Animals (Unorganized Territory) Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended. 2.

Section is amended by adding immediately after secti~nd81 the words Hany animal" the words ", .other than a h.orse,". amen e 3. Secti.on 82, subsecti.on (1) is amended,-

Section amended (

a) by adding immediately after the w.ords "such animal" the w.ords ", other than a h.orse,"; (

b) by striking .out the word "h.orse," where it occurs in clause (c), subclause (iii); (

c) by striking out the W()rd "stalli.on," where it .occurs in 'Clause (c), subclause (v). 4.

Section is amended by striking .out subsection (1) Secti~n J3 and by substituting the following: amen e "83.-

(1) Any sale by an auctioneer made in accordance Ownez:ship with the f.ormalities required by this Part shall· vest the ;~~~~~~er ownership of the animal in the pu~chaser,- " (

a) upon the expiration of thirty days fr.om the date of the sale, in the case .of any animal other than a h.orse unless the former owner of the animal has re deemed the same pri.or to that date; or "(

b) upon c.ompletion of the sale in the case of a h.orse.".

Section 89, clause (

b) is amended by adding im- sectiodn d89 mediately after the words "an animal" the words ", other amen e than a h.orse". 6. This Act shall come into force .on the first day of Coming July, 1951. into force No. 16. FOURTH SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI 19'51 BILL

An Act to amend The Domestic Animals (Unorganized Territory) Act. Received and read the First time ........................ . Second time ............ . 1'hird time HON. MR. URE. Title: 1951 (11th, 4th) Bill 16,

An Act to amend The Domestic Animals (Unorganized Territory) Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L11 S4 6927
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L11 S4 6927
Language	en
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