Bill 35 (Legislature 7, Session 3)

L7 S3 8705

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Bill No. 35 of 1933. A BILL TO AMEND THE THEATRES ACT. NOTE.

Section of this Bill enables the Province to join with any other Provinces in establishing a joint Board of Censors.

Section of the Bill empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to prescribe that a proportion of the films avail able fOor distribution by film exchanges and a proportion of the films exhibited in every moving picture theatre shall be of British manufacture and origin and may fix the pro portions on a monthly or a yearly basis. R. ANDREW SMITH, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill and is offered merely as a partial explanation of some of its provisions.) BILL No. 35 of 1933.

An Act to amend The Theatres Act. (Assented to ,1933.) 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 Theatres Act Amend ment Act, 1933." 2. The Theatres Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1927, is hereby amended as to

section thereof by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "

(3) The Lieutenant GDvernor in Council may enter into and carry out an agreement with any other Province or Provinces of Canada for the appointment of a joint Board of Censors upon such general terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable, and in and by such agreement may specifically provide for the number of members of such Board, the person or persons to be appointed to such Board, the place at which such Board shall conduct its business, the remuneration and term of office of any person so appointed, and the manner in which the business of the Board is to be conducted; the proportion of the expenses of the Board which is to be paid by each Province partici pating in such agreement and the manner of payment, and the period for which the agreement is to remain in force, and the manner in whioh the same may be terminated; and upon the appointment of such Board in pursuance of such agreement, and so long as such Board continues in pursu ance of such agreement, such Board shall have and exercise all the powers, duties and functions which are by this Act conferred or imposed upon a censor or a Board of Cen sors; and there shall be no appeal from such joint Board." 3.

The said Act is further amended by inserting therein, immediately after

section thereof, the following new section: "16a. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order prescribe that a proportion of the films available for dis tribution by film exchanges to the proprietors, lessees, man agers or employees of moving-picture theatres, and a pro portion of the films exhibited in each moving-picture the atre shall be of British manufacture and origin and may fix those proportions on a monthly or yearly basis." 4. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. No. 35. THIRD SESSION SEVENTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Theatres Act. Received and read the First Second time_ Third time ___ _ HON. MR. BROWNLEE. EDMONTON: 'Y. D. McLEAN, KING'S PmNTEIt Title: 1933 (7th, 3rd) Bill 35,

An Act to amend The Theatres Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L7 S3 8705
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Volume / chapter	L7 S3 8705
Language	en
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