Bill 73 (Legislature 9, Session 1)

L9 S1 7882

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 73 of 1941. A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS CALLING INTO QUES TION THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT ADJUSTMENT ACT NOTE. This Bill introduces a new Act. At present there is a considerable number of cases pend ing determination by the Courts in which the validity of The Debt AdjU$tment Act has been raised. It is impractic able for the Government to be represented at all of these actions.

Much needless time and expense will be saved if all of these actions are temporarily suspended while the entire question of validity is referred to the Supreme Court of Alberta under the provisions of The Constitutional Questions Act. The question may be fully ,considered in this one reference and the one decision will be binding upon all parties concerned. 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. 73 of 1941.

An Act to Provide for the suspension of Certain Proceed ings Calling into question the Validity of the Debt Adjustment 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 Legal Proceedings Sus pen.sion Act, 1941." 2. All pro,ceedings in every civil action or matter which is, at the time of the coming into force of this Act, pending in any court of the Province in which action or matter there has been raised or put in issue, either by a plaintiff or a defendant, the validity of The Debt Adjustment Act, 1937, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1937, are hereby stayed for a period of sixty days from and after the coming into force of this Act: Provided that if during the said period of sixty days the Lieutenant Governor in Council has referred the constitu tional validity of the said Act to the Supreme Court of Alberta for hearing and determination, under the provi sions of The Comtitutional Questions Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, then upon the making of the said reference the proceedings in each and every of the said actions shall be forever stayed. 3. 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 Provide for the Suspension of Certain Proceedings Calling Into Question the Validity of The Debt Adjustment Act. Received and read the First Second Third time ...................................... . RON. MR. MAYNARD. EDMONTON: A., Shnltka, King's Printer 1 9 .1 Title: 1941 (9th, 1st) Bill 73,

An Act to Provide for the Suspension of Certain Proceedings Calling into Question the Validity of The Debt Adjustment Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L9 S1 7882
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L9 S1 7882
Language	en
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