Bill No. 22 of 1942. A BILL TO AMEND THE SEXUAL STERILIZATION ACT. NOTE. The amendment to

section 2 authorizes the Minister of Health to appoint a temporary member of the Board where a member is unavoidably absent. As all decisions of the Board must be unanimous, delays frequently occur owing to the inability of a member to attend. The amendment will, to a great extent, obviate such delays in the future. The new sections added to this Act extend the jurisdiction of the Board to cases not now covered but which may in the opinion of the Board require treatment similar to those al­ ready covered. W. S. GRAY, Acting Legisla-tive Counsel. (This note does not form a-ny pa1't of the Bill but is offet'ed in expla-na-tion of its provisions.)

BILL No. 22 of 1942.

An Act to amend The Sexual Sterilization Act Amendment Act, 1942. (Assented to , 1942.) 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 Sexual Sterilization Act Amendment Act, 1942." 2. The Sexual Sterilization Act, being

chapter 37 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1928, is hereby amended as to

section 3 by adding thereto the following new subsection: "

(3) In case of the illness or unavoidable absence of any member of the Board, the Minister may nominate some other person as a temporary member of the Board, who shall, during the illness or absence of such member, have and may exercise all the powers of the member in whose place he is appointed: "Provided, however, that any expense incurred by reason of such a temporary appointment shall be borne by the member of the Board whose absence makes it necessary." 3. The said Act is further amended by adding immedi­ ately after

section 6 the following new sections: "6Ci. If upon the examination of any person who is suf­ fering from,- "(Ci) neurosyphilis with deterioration not amounting to psychosis and is not responsive to treatment, or " (

b) epilepsy with psychosis or mental deterioration,­ the Board is in either case unanimously of the opinion that the exercise of the powers of procreation would result in the transmission to the progeny of any such person of a mental disability or deficiency or that the exercise of the power of procreation by any such person would involve the risk of mental injury either to him or his progeny, the Board may with his consent direct in writing such surgical operation for his sexual sterilization, as may be specified in the written direction and shall appoint some competent surgeon to perform the operation. "6b.

If I.1pon the examination of any person who is suf­ fering from Huntington's Chorea the Board is unanimously of the opinion that the exercise of the powers of procreation

2 would result in the transmission to the progeny of any such person of a mental disability or deficiency or that the exer­ cise of the powers of procreation by any such person would involve the risk of mental injury either to him or his progeny, the Board may, with his consent, direct in writ­ ing such surgical operation for his sexual sterilization as may be specified in the written direction and shall appoint some competent surgeon to perform the operation: "Provided, however, that the Board may, notwithstand­ ing the provisions of

section 5, make a direction as afore­ said with respect to any such person suffering from Hunt­ ington's Chorea without his or her consent if he or she is a psychotic person." 4. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

SECOND SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE 6 GEORGE VI 1942 BILL

An Act to amend The Sexual Sterilization A,ct. Received and read the First time Second Third HON. DR. CROSS. EDMONTON: A, Shnitka, King's Printer 1942 Title: 1942 (9th, 2nd) Bill 22,

An Act to amend The Sexual Sterilization Act