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HON. ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
No. 77]
BILL
[1969
An Act to Amend and Repeal Certain
Provisions of the Statute Law
ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts
as follows:—
H
Short thle.
1. This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1969.
1„
"T,7„°,1„,„„.. 2. (1) Subsection (3) of section 20 of the Administration Act, being
Act.
chapter 3 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, /960, as amended
by chapter 1 of the Statutes of British Columbia, 1963, is further
amended by striking out the word " ten " in the third line and substituting the word " twenty ".
(2) Subsection (1) is retroactive, and shall be deemed to be in
force on, from, and after the first day of April, 1966.
(3) Subsection (7) of section 71 of the Act, as enacted by chapter 1
of the Statutes of British Columbia, 1966, is amended
(a) by striking out the figures " 12 " in the first line and substituting the figures " 10 "; and
(b) by striking out the figures " 83 " in the third line and substituting the figures " 86 ".
Amends
3. (1) Section 4 of the Collection Agents Act, 1967, being chapter
10 of the Statutes of British Columbia, 1967, is amended by adding after
clause (i) the following as clause (j):—
( j) credit unions incorporated under the Credit UnionS Act, 1961,
in respect of services provided by the credit union to its members that are approved by the Inspector.
(2) The Act is further amended by striking out the word " agents "
in the second line of clause (d) of section 22 of the Act and substituting
the word " agent ".
CoUertlon
Agents Art,
1967.
Amends
Contribut019
PleglIgenrt
Act.
4. Subsection (3) of section 9 of the Contributory Negligence Act,
being chapter 74 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is
repealed and the following is substituted:—
(3) No action or third-party proceedings shall be brought against an
executor or administrator under subsection (1), or against a representative of the estate appointed under subsection (2), after the expiration of
one year from the death of the deceased person.
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Amends
Education of
SoMere
Dependent
Children Arr.
5. The definition of " soldier " in section 2 of the Education of
Soldiers' Dependent Children Act, being chapter 124 of the Revived
Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is repealed and the following definition is substituted:" soldier " includes a person, male or female, who is a resident of
the Province and has been so resident for a period of five
years or more, and who joined
(a) any of the forces of Her Majesty or of any Power
being at the time he so joined an Ally of Her Majesty in
the First Great War of 1914 to 1918 or in the Second
Great ■Var of 1939 to the conclusion of the war; or
(b) the Canadian Forces, as defined in the National
Defence Act (Canada), for service in military operations
undertaken by the United Nations to restore peace in the
Republic of Korea; or
(c) a Special Force as constituted from time to time by
the Minister of National Defence of Canada,
whether by enlistment or as a volunteer or reservist, or through
being commissioned, mobilized, called out, or drafted to such
service, and who having so joined was engaged in active
service at home or abroad in connection with either war, or
military operation, or Special Force operation, whether in the
capacity of officer, seaman, marine, soldier, airman, nurse, or
in any capacity whatsoever; and for the purposes of this
definition, in the case of a person who was resident in the
Province at the time of joining the force and who subsequently
left the Province in the course of such duty as a member of
the force, the time spent outside of the Province as a member
of the force shall be deemed to be time of residence in the
Province.
A ending
G""al°"
th‘r
of Inform Art.
6. The Equal Guardianship of Infants Act, being chapter 130 of
the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, /960, is amended
(a) by striking out the definition of "Official Guardian " in section
2 of the Act and substituting the following:—
" Public Trustee" means the Public Trustee referred to in the Official
Guardian Act;
(b) by renumbering section 17 as subsection (I);
(c) by adding, after subsection (1) of section 17 as renumbered, the
following as subsection (2) :—
(2) Where the Public Trustee is the guardian of an infant under subsection (1), he may, upon being satisfied that it is for the welfare of the
infant, appoint the Superintendent of Child Welfare, a Probation Officer,
a parole officer appointed under the Parole Act (Canada ), a children's
aid society, or any other fit and proper person to act as guardian of the
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person of an infant, and he may, at any time, revoke such appointment
and appoint another guardian of the person in his stead;
(d) by striking out the words " Official Guardian " wherever they
appeal in the Act and substituting the words " Public Trustee ".
Amends
Etidenct Act
R ecord of
Pros IMIal
Court, etc.
7. The Evidence Act, being chapter 134 of the Revised Statutes of
British Columbia, 1960, is amended
(a) by inserting, after the heading " Recording of Evidence " after
section 22, the following as section 23:23. (1) A Court stenographer or Court recorder appointed to report
or record the evidence and proceedings in a Provincial Court or before
a Justice of the Peace and the notes taken or recording made at any proceeding by the stenographer or recorder shall be considered the record
of the evidence adduced in the Court or before the Justice of the Peace.
(2) A Court stenographer or Court recorder shall take the following
oath before a Judge of the Provincial Court and the oath shall be filed
in the office of the Court Clerk or with the Judge:1,
, do swear that I will faithfully and accurately, to the best
of my skill and ability, report or record the proceedings in each case or
matter in which it shall be my duty to act as reporter or recorder and
will transcribe, or cause to be transcribed, my notes, or the record of the
same, should such he required. So help me God.
(3) No further oath shall be required to be administered to a Court
stenographer or Court recorder in respect of any proceedings in the Court
or before a Justice of the Peace.
(b) and by adding after clause (g) of section 57 of the Act the following as clause (h):—
(h) The secretary of a regional district.
Amends
Forest Att.
Amends
Act.
8. Section 126 of the Forest Act, being chapter 153 of the Revised
Statutes of British Columbia, /960, is amended
(a) in subsection (I) by striking out the words " to the Crown " in
the second line and substituting the words " to the Minister of Finance ";
and
(b) by repealing clause (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the
following:—
(a) by the owner of timber lands not included in a tree-farm
licence in accordance with the levies shown on the annual
taxation roll and notices prepared by the Surveyor of Taxes,
and all of the provisions of the Taxation Act shall apply to
the assessment, levy, collection, and recovery of taxes imposed
under this clause;.
9. Subsection (2) of section 4 of the Hospital Act, being chapter
178 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is repealed and
the following is substituted:—
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, public or private, or the constitution, by-laws, rules, or regulations of a hospital, for
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the purposes of this section, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may
appoint a person to represent the Provincial Government on the board of
management of any hospital for a term not exceeding two years or until
his successor is appointed.
Amends
Act
Amen d+
:n cH
ta
atton
Act.
Pm-lamalions of
I Init..
Governor
in Council.
Amends
Land Act.
Roads.
10. Section II of the Housing Act, being chapter 183 of the Revised
Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is repealed and the following is substituted:—
11. For the purposes of this Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council
may constitute bodies corporate and politic with such powers and duties
as may he deemed expedient, including, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the power to
(a) plan, construct, and manage any public housing project;
(h) acquire and dispose of in its own name any lands required for
public housing or land assembly; and
(c) acquire in its own name and sell housing to individuals.
11. Section 26 of the Interpretation Act, being chapter 199 of
the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is repealed and the following is substituted:—
26. (1) Where an enactment authorizes the issue of a Proclamation,
the Proclamation shall be understood to be a Proclamation of the Licutenant-Governor in Council.
(2) Where the Lieutenant-Governor is authorized to issue a Proclamation, the Proclamation shall be understood to be a Proclamation issued
under an Order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, but it is not
necessary to mention in the Proclamation that it is issued under such
Order.
(3) Where the Lieutenant-Governor in Council has authorized the
issue of a Proclamation, the Proclamation may purport to have been
issued on the day its issue was so authorized, and the day on which it so
purports to have been issued shall be deemed to be the day on which the
Proclamation takes effect.
(4) Where an enactment is expressed to come into force on a day to
be fixed by Proclamation, judicial notice shall be taken of the issue of
the Proclamation and the day fixed thereby without being specially
pleaded.
12. (1) Section 131A of the Land Act, being chapter 206 of the
Revised Statutes of British Columbia, /960, as enacted by chapter 32 of
the Statutes of British Columbia, 1961, is amended by adding after subsection (5) the following as subsection (6 ):—
(6) Where Crown lands are disposed of by Her Majesty in right of
the Province by Crown grant and the map or plan annexed to the grant
shows any road coloured, outlined, or otherwise designated thereon in
a colour other than red, the road shall be deemed to be sixty-six feet in
width, unless there is express provision in the grant to the contrary, and
no part of the road shall pass to the Crown grantee.
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(2) The Act is further amended by repealing subsections (1) and (2)
of section 131 n and substituting the following:—
neclaration
by Minister
in cases
of doubt
regarding
body of
water Or
road.
Amends 1 a't
/24.07:1n Art
(1) Where a person desiring to subdivide land finds that the colouring, outline, or other designation of any body of water or road shown
on the map or plan annexed to the grant thereof from the Crown is such
that doubt exists as to whether the part of the land shown thereon and
coloured other than red is included in the grant or as to whether it is in
the public interest that the part coloured other than in red need he retained by the Crown, he may apply to the Minister for a declaration of
intention in respect to such part.
(2) Upon receipt of the application accompanied by the proposed
subdivision plan certified by the Registrar of Titles as being otherwise
acceptable for deposit, the Minister may. if he deems it right and in the
public interest so to do, by a certificate under his hand and seal, declare
that the land is included in the grant or need not be retained by the Crown.
13. (I) The definition of " transmission," in subsection (1) of section 2 of the Land Registry Act, being chapter 208 of the Revised
Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is repealed and the following is
substituted:" transmission " means any change of ownership consequent upon
death, or upon any settlement, or upon change of trustees, or
upon foreclosure or sale under mortgage or encumbrance, sale
under order of Court or for arrears of taxes or assessments,
or upon a vesting under an order of Court or the provisions
of a Statute; and includes survivorship under a joint tenancy;
but does not include an amalgamation of two or more corporations, howsoever effected, and whether in respect of a
beneficial, or a trust, estate or interest in land;.
(2) Section 160 of the Act, as enacted by chapter 33 of the Statutes
of British Columbia, 1961, is amended by adding after subsection (2)
the following as subsection (3 ):—
(3) For the purposes of this section. a change of name shall be
deemed to include an amalgamation of two or more corporations, howsoever effected, and whether in respect of a beneficial, or a trust, estate
or interest in land, and the continuing corporation following the amalgamation may apply under subsections (I) and (2).
Amends
men
I a.
D
iory r
Art.
14. Rule (12), enacted by clause (12) of section 2 of the Laws
Declaratory Act, being chapter 213 of the Revised Statutes of British
Columbia, 1960, is amended by adding after subclause (b) the following
as subclauses (c) and (d):—
(c) Upon the application of a mortgagee, a subsequent
encumbrancer, a mortgagor, or a person claiming under either
of them, the Court, in any action for the foreclosure of the
equity of redemption in any mortgaged property, may, either
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before or after judgment, direct a sale of the property on such
terms, including costs, as the Court sees fit:
(d) Section 48 of the Chancery Procedure Amendment
Act, 1852, 15 & 16, Viet., chapter 86, is hereby repealed.
Amends
I Se-stock
Pub.7c Salo
Act,
15. (1) Section 2 of the Live-stock Public Sales Act, being chapter 33 of the Statutes of British Columbia, 1962, is amended by adding
to the definition of " public sale ", after the word " yard ", the words
"or at such other place as the Minister may designate ".
(2) Clause (b) of subsection ( I ) of section 7 of the Act is amended
by striking out the words " Veterinary Act" in the second line and substituting the words " Veterinary Medical Act".
Amends
Logging Tax
Act
16. ( 1) The definition of " income derived from logging operations "
in section 2 of the Logging Tax Act, being chapter 225 of the Revised
Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, as amended by chapter 36 of the
Statutes of British Columbia, 1961, and by chapter 24 of the Statutes
of British Columbia, 1963, and by chapter 25 of the Statutes of British
Columbia, 1968, is further amended
(a) in clause (a)
(i) by adding, after the word " cut " in the first line, the words
" or caused to be cut "; and
(ii) by striking out the words " prior to or on delivery to a sawmill, pulp or paper plant or other place for processing logs "
in the fourth and fifth lines;
(b) by repealing clause (b) and substituting the following:—
(b) where standing timber in the Province, or the right
to cut standing timber in the Province, is sold by the person
in any manner, including on a stumpage or royalty basis, the
net profit from the acquisition of the standing timber or the
right to cut the standing timber, and the sale of the timber
or the right to cut the standing timber;
(c) in clause (c)
(i) by adding, after the word "cut" in the first line, the words
" or caused to be cut ";
(ii) by striking out the words " from Canada prior to sale or delivery to a sawmill, pulp or paper plant or other place for
processing logs, or if the logs are exported from the Province
and sold prior to or on delivery to a sawmill, pulp or paper
plant or other place for processing logs " in the fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, and eighth lines and substituting the words
" from the Province "; and
(iii) by striking out the words " transporting and selling the logs "
in the last line and substituting the words " and transportation "; and
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(d) in clause (d)
(i) by adding, after the word " cut " in the first line, the words
" or is caused to be cut ";
fill by striking out the words " if the person operates " in the
third line, and substituting the words " if the person processes
the logs or causes the logs to he processed in ";
(iii) by striking out the words " in Canada wherein the logs are
processed " in the fifth line, and substituting the words "in
the Province ";
(iv) by adding, after the word " timber" in the seventh line of
paragraph (ii), the words " originating within the Province ";
and
(v) by striking out all the words after paragraph (iv).
(2) The definition of " logging operations " in section 2 of the Act
is amended by adding, after the words " import of logs " in the eighth
line, the words ", the processing of logs ".
(3) Subsection (2) of section 3 of the Act is repealed.
(4) This section is retroactive to the first day of April, 1968, to the
extent necessary to give full force and effect to its provisions on, from,
and after that date.
Atnends
Married
Property Act.
17. Section 17 of the Afarried Women's Property Act, being chapter
233
- of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is repealed and
the following is substituted: --
No reltraint.
on anticipataon
or allenauon.
17 No restriction upon anticipation or alienation attached, or purported to be attached, to the enjoyment of any property by a woman that
could not have been attached to the enjoyment of that property by a man
shall be of any effect after the coming into force of this Act.
Amends
Mechanic,
Lien Arr.
18. The Mechanics' Lien Act, being chapter 238 of the Revised
Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is amended
(a) by inserting, after the definition " Registrar " in section 2, the
following definition:" Registrar-General " means the Registrar-General appointed under
the Bills of Sale Act;
(b) by striking out the words " Superintendent of Motor-vehicles "
in the eighth line of section 43 and substituting the word " RegistrarGeneral ";
(c) by repealing clause (c) of section 44 and substituting the following:—
(c) give a description
(i) of the motor-vehicle on which the lien is claimed,
including the serial number; or
(ii) of the aircraft on which the lien is claimed, including
the model, serial number, if any, and the registration letters
thereof;
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(d) by striking out the word " Superintendent " in the second line of
section 45 and substituting the word " Registrar-General ";
(e) by striking out the word " Superintendent " in the first line of
section 46 and substituting the word " Registrar-General ";
(f) by striking out the word " Superintendent " in the seventh line of
section 47 and substituting the word " Registrar-General "; and
(g) by striking out the words "Superintendent of Motor-vehicles"
in the second and third lines of section 48 and substituting the word
" Registrar-General ".
Amends
Mediation
Commit..Ion
Art.
19. Section 3 of the Mediation Commission Act, being chapter 26 of
the Statutes of British Columbia, 1968, is amended
(a) by renumbering the present section as subsection (I);
(b) by adding, after clause (b) of subsection (I) as renumbered, the
following as clause (c):—
(c) the employer shall not increase or decrease the rate of pay of
any employee in the unit or alter any other term or condition
of employment until
(i) four months after the Board has certified the trade
union for employees in the unit; or
(ii) a collective agreement is executed;
(c) by adding, after subsection (1) as renumbered, the following as
subsections (2) and (3):—
(2 ) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Commission may authorize
an employer to increase or decrease the rate of pay of an employee in
the unit, or alter a term or condition of employment, and may prescribe
conditions to be observed by an employer so authorized.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to affect the right of
an employer to suspend, transfer, lay off, or discharge an employee for
proper cause.
Amends
Notaries Act.
20. The definition of " practice-year " in section 2 of the Notaries
Act, being chapter 266 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1960,
is repealed and the following is substituted:"practice-year" means the period from the first day of July in any
year to the next following thirtieth day of June, both inclusive;.
Amends
Official
Guardian Act
21. The Official Guardian Act, being chapter 268 of the Revised
Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is amended
(a) by repealing section 3; and
(b) by striking out the words "Official Guardian " wherever they
appear in sections 4 to 23 of the Act and substituting the words
" Public Trustee ".
Amen&
Prt ralrum
and Natural
Gas Act,
1961.
22. ( I ) The Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 1965, being chapter 33
of the Statutes of British Columbia, 1965, is amended
(a) by repealing section 81 of the Act and substituting the following:—
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Expiry
date.
81. Where a lessee fails to pay the rental or do, or cause to be done,
any work required to he done pursuant to section 74, the lease expires
at the end of ninety days after the date upon which the rental was payable
unless, on or before that date,
(a) he pays the rental and does the work, if there has been default
both in the payment of the rental and the doing of the work;
and
(b) he pays, in addition, as a penalty, for each thirty-day period or
portion thereof that he is in default, a sum equal to one per
centum of the rental and value of the work.;
(b) by repealing section 82 of the Act; and
(c) by amending clause (d) of subsection (2) of section 148 of the
Act by striking out in the first line the words " for a period not exceeding
ninety days ".
(2) Clauses (a) and (h) of subsection (1) come into force on the
first day of January, 1970.
Amends
23. Subsection (6) of section 6 of the Plant Protection Act, being
chapter 287 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is
repealed.
Plant
Pr"tecrion
Act.
Amends
Private
I)'""b ".
Licensing Act.
24. The Private Detectives' Licensing Act, being chapter 297 of the
Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is amended
(a)
in the title by striking out the word " Detectives " and substituting the word " Investigators' ";
(b) in section 1 by striking out the word " Detectives'" in the
first line and substituting the word " Investigators'"; and
(c) by striking out the word " detective " wherever it appears in
the Act and substituting the word " investigator ".
Amends
Public
Trustee A 0
25. The Public Trustee Act, being chapter 38 of the Statutes of
British Columbia, 1963, is amended
(a) in section 2 by repealing the definitions of " Official Committee "
and " Official Guardian ";
(b) in section 4
(i) by striking out the word " as " at the end of the third line and
substituting the word " under ";
(ii) by striking out clause (a) and substituting the following:—
(a) the Official Guardian Act;
and
(iii) by striking out clause (b) and substituting the following:—
(6) the Patients' Estates Act; and as;
(c) in section 6
(i) by renumbering the present section as subsection (1); and
(ii) by adding after subsection (1), as renumbered, the following
as subsections (2) and (3) :—
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(2) Where, in a will, the Public Trustee is named as the
executor or one of the executors of an estate of a deceased
person, he may cause application to be made to the Court for
grant of probate of the estate of the deceased, and he has
and may exercise the rights, powers, duties, and liabilities of
an executor of such estate.
(3) Where, under a valid power of attorney duly executed
by him, a person grants to the Public Trustee the power to act
as his attorney, whether for a special purpose or in general,
the Public Trustee may act as attorney of that person in accordance with the terms of the power granted to him, and
may execute all the rights and powers and do all things necessary or required to enable him to act as attorney of that
person.;
(d) in section 7 by striking out all the words after the word " employment " in the fourth line.
Amends
Summary
Convictions
Act.
General
penalty.
Amends
Vancouver
Charier.
26. Section 5 of the Summary Convictions Act, being chapter 373 of
the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1960, is repealed and the following is substituted:5. Every person who, without lawful excuse, disobeys any Statute or
any enactment made thereunder by wilfully doing any act which it forbids, or omitting to do any act which it requires to be done, is, unless
some penalty or other mode of punishment is expressly provided by the
Statute or enactment, or by some other Statute or enactment, guilty of
an offence against this Act and is liable, on summary conviction, to a
fine of not more than five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for six
months, or to both such a fine and such imprisonment.
27. ( I ) Section 182 of the Vancouver Charter, being chapter 55 of
the Statutes of British Columbia, 1953, is repealed.
(2) Section 396 of the Act is amended by adding the following as
clause (e):—
(e) Any improvement or land used exclusively for the control or
abatement of water, land, or air pollution, including sewagetreatment plants, effluent reservoirs and lagoons, deodorizing
equipment, dust and particulate-matter eliminators; provided,
however, that where the improvement or land is not being
used exclusively for the purpose of pollution control or abatement but is primarily so used, the Assessment Commissioner
may, in his discretion, determine the portion of the assessed
value of the improvements or land attributable to such control
or abatement, and such portion is exempt.
Piloted by A. Smote, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
in right of the Province of British Columbia.
1969
EXPLANATORY NOTES
The purpose of this Bill is to amend and repeal certain provisions of the Statute
Law as follows:—
Section 2. Subsections (I) and (2) are required to bring subsection (3) of
section 20 of the Administration Act into conformity with section 101, which was
amended in 1966. Subsection (3) corrects some incorrect references in section 71
to the Workmen's Compensation Act.
Section 3. Clause (j) added to section 4 of the Collection Agents Art. 1967,
exempts credit unions from the Collection Agents Act in respect of services to its
members. Subsection (2) of the amendment merely corrects a typographical error.
Section 4. In 1966 the Administration Act. in section 71 (5), was amended to
extend the time for bringing action against the estate of a deceased person to one
year. The purpose of this amendment to the Contributory Negligence Act is to
enact a corresponding limitation period under this Act.
Section 5. The purpose of this section is to amend the definition of " soldier " in
the Education of Soldiers' Dependent Children Act to include persons who wire
members of the Canadian Forces during the Korean War and subsequent Special
Force operations authorized by the Minister of National Defence.
Section 6 amends the Equal Guardianship of Infants Act to bring it into conformity with amendments to the Official Guardian Act and the Public Trustee Act.
It also enables the Public Trustee, when he is the guardian under the Act, to
appoint the Superintendent of Child Welfare or other qualified persons to be
guardian of the person (not the estate) of the infant.
Section 7. This section amends the Evidence Act to prescribe the method of
taking evidence in a Provincial Court, etc., and to authorize a secretary of a regional district to be ex officio a commissioner for oaths.
Section 8. The purpose of this section is to amend the Forest Act to consolidate
taxes on Crown-granted timber land under the Department of Finance and to
eliminate the tax on wild lands under this Act.
Section 9. This section clarifies section 4 (2) of the Hospital Act to provide
for Provincial Government representation on the board of management notwithstanding the terms of a private Act, charter, constitution, or by-laws of a hospital.
Section 10. This amendment to the /lousing Act gives additional powers to the
Housing Management Commission or any other corporation set up under this
section.
Section II. The proposed amendment to the Interpretation Act repeals the
present section 26 respecting Proclamations and re-enacts the section.
Section 12. The purpose of the amendment to section 131A is to ensure that
roads in existence on Crown lands at the lime of grant remain within the jurisdiction of the Crown. The amendment proposed for section 131a broadens the
conditions under which the Minister may waive the Crown's interest in minor
water channels and (or) roads which may have been shown on the plan annexed
to the grant.
Section 13. The purpose of this amendment to the Land Registry Act is to exclude amalgamations of corporations from the requirements for transmission of
title.
Section 14. The purpose of the amendment to the Laws Declaratory Act is to
correct possible injustices that could arise Out of the present legislation. The
present legislation is in force in British Columbia by virtue of the provisions of
the English Law Act and will be superseded upon enactment of this legislation.
Section 15. This section amends the Live-stock Pfihfir Sales Act to authorize
the Minister to designate a place of " public sale " and corrects a reference to the
Veterinary Medical Act.
Section 16. The purpose of this amendment to the Logging Tar Act is mainly
to clarify the definition of "income derived from logging operations."
Section 17. The purpose of this amendment is to repeal section 17 of the
Married Women's Property Act and prohibit restraints on alienation and antici-
pation by married women.
Section 18. The purpose of this amendment is to transfer the registration of
mechanics liens on chattels under the Mechanics' Lien Act. sections 42 following,
from the Superintendent of Motor-vehicles to the Registrar-General.
Section 19 amends the Mediation Commission Act to prevent alterations in
working conditions for a certain period during negotiations.
Section 20. the purpose of this section is to change the definition in the
Notaries Art of " practice-year " to conform to the period in which contributions
are being paid into the special fund.
Section 21. The purpose of this section is to transfer the office and function of
Official Guardian to the Public Trustee under the Public Trustee Act (see corresponding amendment to Public Trustee Act).
Section 22. This section amends the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 1965. to
shorten the time for expiry of the lease in the event of default in payment of the
rent or performance of the work required thereunder and provides for an additional
penalty for reinstatement of the lease.
Section 23. The purpose of this amendment to the Plant Protection Act is to
ensure that all nursery stock comes within the provisions of section 6.
Section 24. The purpose of this section is to change the name of the Private
Detectives' Licensing Act to the Private Investigators' Licensing Act and to change
all references throughout the Act from "detective " to " investigator ".
Section 25. The purpose of this section is to amend the Public Trustee Act to,
firstly, delete the references to Official Committee and Official Guardian, which are
now to be referred to as " Public Trustee," and, secondly, by giving the Public
Trustee powers to act as executor of a will in which he is named as executor and
to act as attorney of any person who grants to him power of attorney, and, thirdly,
to delete the last part of section 7, which is no longer necessary.
Section 26. This amendment to the Summary Convictions Act is to bring the
Act into line with the comparable section in the Criminal Code.
Section 27. (I) This section repeals a section of the Vancouver Charter requiring conciliation boards under the Labour Relations Act to make the award or
decision before the 30th day of April in each year.
(2) This will provide for the exemption of pollution-control facilities from realproperty tax. (This is the same provision as is being provided under the Municipal
Act.)
(This statement is submitted by the Legislative Counsel
and is not part of the legislation.)
MEMORANDUM
FILE MI
TO
OFFICE OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL
Hi:, Honour
The Lieutenant-Governor.
VICTORIA. B.C..
March 25,
T959 ,
Statute Law Amendment Act. 1969.
The purpose of this Bill is to amend a
number of statutes set out in the Bill.
A 1,
igenbottam,
Legislative Counsel.
CAH:ES