2018 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 41st Parliament

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MS. POLAK

BILL M 204 – 2018

NAME AMENDMENT ACT, 2018

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Section 2 (2) (

a) of the Name Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.328, is repealed and the following is substituted:

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a) a change in the surname of one spouse to the surname of the other spouse or to the surname of both spouses, hyphenated or combined;

Section 3 is amended:

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a) in paragraph (

b) by striking out " or "

(

b) in paragraph (

c) by striking out " marriage. " and substituting " marriage, or " and

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c) adding the following paragraph:

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d) use the surname of both spouses, hyphenated or combined.

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