Bill 43 (Legislature 9, Session 4)

L9 S4 7648

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 43 of 1944. A BILL TO AMEND THE VITAL STATISTICS ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends The Vital Statistics Act,

chapter 30, R.S.A., 1942.

Section of the Bill which adds a new subsection to sec tion of the Act requires a copy of the police report of any investigation into a sudden, violent or suspicious death to be sent to the Registrar General so that it may be filed with the registration of death. This provision makes the Act conform to present practice. The new

section of the Act set out in

section of t.he Bill makes a change in the provision as to registration of stillbirths. Such births are to be in future recorded separ ately and where the stillbirth occurs within a period of less than twenty-eight weeks gestation, it shall not be regis tered. The amendment made by

section of the Bill introduces a new provision as to late registrations.

Section of the Act provides that after the expiration of one year from the date of any birth, marriage or death the particulars shall not be registered except with the written authority of the Registrar General. The new subsection (2) added to

section of the Act by the Bill provides that if such an application is made to the Registrar General after the expir ation of four years from the birth, marriage or death, the application must be verified by an affidavit and must also be accompanied by some documentary or other evidence satis factory to the Registrar General and substantiating the particulars in the registration form. w. S. GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is o.ffered in explanation of its proviJsiom.) BILL No. 43 of 1944.

An Act to amend The Vital Statistics Act. (A,ssented to , 1944.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the .advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Vital Statistics Act, being

chapter of the Re vised Statutes of Alberta, .1942, is hereby amended as to

section by adding at the end thereof the following new subs~tion : "

(6) In the case of any sudden, violent or suspicious death investigated by the police, the officer in command, or the chief constable of a municipality, as the case may be, shall transmit to the Registrar General a copy of the report of the investigation which shall be filed with the registra tion of death." 2. The said Act is further amended as to

section by striking out the same and by substituting therefor the following. "31.-

(1) In the case of a child being born dead after twenty-eight weeks' gestation, the event shall be registered as a stillbirth on a prescribed form, and the burial permit in Form shall be procured from the nearest district regis trar before the body is interred. "

(2) A stillbirth within the period of less than twenty eight weeks' gestation shall not be registered. "

(3) Stillbirths shall not be included in the departmental annual returns of births and deaths but they shall be re corded separately." 3. The said Act is further amended as to

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

(2) If application is made to register a birth, marriage or death by authority of the Registrar General, and the birth, marriage or death has taken place more than four years previous to the date of application, the applicant shall, in addition to completing the registration form verified by .affidavit, produce some documentary evidence such as a cer tificate of baptism made within four years of the date of birth, a certificate of the physician or nurse present at the birth, or other evidence satisfactory to the Registrar General substantiating the particulars given on the registration form." 4.

This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. No. 43. FOURTH SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Vital Statistics Act. Received and read the First time ........................................ . Second time .............. . Third time ....................................... . RON. DR. CROSS. EDMONTON: A Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1944 (9th, 4th) Bill 43,

An Act to amend The Vital Statistics Act

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