Bill 7 (Legislature 7, Session 3)

L7 S3 8677

Alberta — Bills

Bill No.7 of 1933. A BILL TO AMEND THE MENTAL DISEASES ACT. NOTE.

Section of this Bill enables the Director or Superintend ent to give his approval to an order for the removal of a patient to an institution without waiting to inspect the actual certificates upon which the justice of the peace makes the order.

Section of the Bill makes a necessary amendment to remove any doubts as to the cases to which

section applies, and empowers the Director to remove any patient 'in a psychopathic ward, by order of the Attorney General or upon the certificate of two medical practitioners and the direction of a justice of the peace, to any other hospital. R. ANDREW SMITH, Leg,islative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill and is offered merely as a pa'rtictl explanation of some of its provisions.) BILL No.7 of 1933.

An Act to amend The Mental Diseases Act. (Assented to , 1933.) HIS MAJE.ST~, by and with the advice. and consent of the LegIslatIve Assembly of the Provmce of Alberta, enacts as follows: :1. This Act may be cited as "The Mental Diseases Act Amendment Act, 1933." 2. The Mental Di8'eases Act, being

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

section 2b thereof by striking out the words "and approved by the Superintendent," where the same occur in subsection (4) thereof, and by inserting therein, immediately after the words "justice of the peace," where the same occur in the said subsection, the words "and approved by either the Director or the Superintendent." 3. The said Act is further amended as to

section thereof- (a,) by striking out the words "In any case" where the same first occur in subsection (1) thereof and by substituting therefor the words "In 'any case for which no special provision is made by this Act" ; and (

b) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "

(3) The director may in his discretion make an order in respect of any patient who is in a psycho pathic ward by virtue of a warrant of the Attorney General or upon the certific'ate of two medical prac titioners and the direction of a justice of the peace ,given pursuant to subsection (4) of

section of this Act, directing that the patient be removed from the psychopathic ward to any other hospital as de fined by this Act, and every such order shall be carried out by such persons and in such manner as the director may from time to time prescribe." 4~ This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. No.7. THIRD SESSION SEVENTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Mental Diseases Act. Received and read the First Second time ... Third time.. . .................. . HON. MR. HOADLEY EDMONTON: ,V. D. McLEAN, KING'S PRINTER Title: 1933 (7th, 3rd) Bill 7,

An Act to amend The Mental Diseases Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L7 S3 8677
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Volume / chapter	L7 S3 8677
Language	en
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