Bill 35 (Legislature 9, Session 1)

L9 S1 7844

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 35 of 1941. A BILL TO AMEND THE MAINTENANCE ORDER ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends The Mainterw,nce Order Act. The amendment to subsection (1) of

section and the addition of the new

section 6a are both designed to enable hospitals to remove persons in respect of whom mainten ance orders have been made. In many cases these persons are no longer in need of hospital treatment, and the hospital urgently requires the space they are occupying for persons who really need hospitalization, and there is presently no way in whi,ch the hospitals are able to compel the removal of these persons.

By reason of these amendments where any person liable to maintain any child or poor person and against whom a maintenance order has been made, re ceives notice from the hospital requiring him to remove such child or poor person, he is now obligated to do so or will suffer a penalty. W. S. GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 35 of 1941.

An Act to amend The Maintenance Order Act. (Assented to ,1941.) 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 Mnintennnce Order Act Amendment Act, 1941." 2. The Mnintennnce 01'der Act, being

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

section by striking out subse,ction (1) thereof and by substituting therefor the following: "5.-

(1) Where any person is liable under this Act to maintain any child or poor person, the mayor or reeve of the municipality in which such person, child or poor person resides, or the superintendent of a hospital in which such person, child or poor person is a patient, or the Superin tendent of Dependent and Neglected Children, may apply summarily to a judge of the District Court of the Judicial District in which such person is or resides for a mainten ance order against such person." 3. The said Act is further amended by adding immedi ately after

section the following new section: "6n. Any person against whom under the provisions of this Act, an order has been made for the maintenance of a person who is a patient in a hospital, shall remove such patient from the hospital within ten days of the receipt from the Hospital Board of a written notice which may be sent by registered mail requiring him so to do, and any person who fails to comply with such notice shall be liable on

summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not exceeding thirty days." 4. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. FIRST SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Maintenance Order Act. Received and read the First time ... Second Third time .. RON. DR. CROSS. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King's Printer 1 9 Title: 1941 (9th, 1st) Bill 35,

An Act to amend The Maintenance Order Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L9 S1 7844
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L9 S1 7844
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	c80f28cbf53f384d05751d4d21805e08a30a5935

Source file is stored in the law ingest library (json).