Bill 248 — Third Session, 17Th Legislature, 23 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 248 An Act To Amend the Llvesto'Ck and Llvesto'Ck Products Act (Legislature 17, Session 3)

L17 S3 5396

Alberta — Bills

1974 Bill Third Session, 17th Legislature, 23 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LlVESTO'CK AND LlVESTO'CK PRODUCTS ACT MR. DIXON First Reading . . . . . . .. . .................... . Second Reading ............................. . Third Reading ......... . Printed by Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill kIr. Dixon BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LIVESTOCK AND L1VESTO'CK PRODUCTS ACT (Assented to , 1974) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Livestock and Livestock Products Act is hereby amended. 2. The following

section is added after

section 23: 23.1.

(1) Every person who, being the owner of live stock, for the purpose only of publicizing his protest against the prices of or other market conditions prevailing with respect to livestock or any livestock product, (

a) kills that livestock or causes that livestock to be killed, and (

b) destroys or otherwise disposes of the livestock so killed without using it for or causing it to be used for the production of lives'tock products, is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary convic-tion to a fine of not more than $1000.

(2) Every person who, being the owner of livestock products, for the purpose only of publicizing his protest against the pric~s of, or other market conditions prevailing with respect to, livestock or any livestock product, destroys or otherwise disposes of those livestock products so that they cannot be used or consumed for ,the purpose for which they were intended, is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not less than $1000. 3. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. Explanatory Notes I. This Bill will amend

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970. 2. "Livestock" and "livestock products" are defined in the Act as follows: (b) "livestock" means horses, cattle, sheep, swine, fur-bearing animals raised in captivity, live poultry and bees: (c) "livestock products" means meat, raw hides. raw furs, dressed poultry, eggs, wool and honey in any form; Title: 1974 (17th, 3rd) Bill 248,

An Act to Amend The Livestock and Livestock Products Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L17 S3 5396
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Volume / chapter	L17 S3 5396
Language	en
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