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Fourth Session, 45th General Assembly

56 Elizabeth II, 2007

BILL 26

AN ACT TO AMEND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS ACT

Received and Read the First Time...................................................................................................

Second Reading.................................................................................................................................

Committee............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE TOM OSBORNE

Minister of Justice

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Commissioners for Oaths Act to revise the manner of referring to certain employees of the government and health care bodies who are, by virtue of the positions they occupy, commissioners for oaths.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS ACT

Analysis


        1.   S.7 R&S
Other commissioners


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cC-25
as amended

        1. Section 7 of the Commissioners for Oaths Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Other commissioners

        7. (1) While they hold office and by virtue of their office, all employees employed by the government and designated by a minister, or employed by a board established under the Health and Community Services Act or the Hospitals Act and designated by the chief executive officer of the board are commissioners for oaths and shall be so styled and may exercise within the province the powers conferred by this Act.

             (2)  A person described in subsection (1) shall write or stamp below his or her signature on an affidavit, declaration, affirmation or certificate made before or given by the person as a commissioner the words "A Commissioner for Oaths in and for Newfoundland and Labrador".