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Third
Session, 46th General Assembly 59
Elizabeth II, 2010 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE
COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS ACT |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................................................... |
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Second |
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Committee............................................................................................................................................ |
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Third |
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Royal Assent...................................................................................................................................... |
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HONOURABLE
FELIX COLLINS Minister of Justice and Attorney General |
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Ordered
to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
EXPLANATORY NOTES This Bill would amend the Commissioner for Oaths Act to address a number of deficiencies found in it. It would broaden the category of
persons who may be appointed commissioners for oaths to persons who have the
status of permanent residents of It would permit the minister to set the fees that a commissioner may charge for his or her services. Lastly it would make it an offence to
purport to be a commissioner when one is not. |
A AN ACT TO AMEND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR OATHS ACT Analysis 1.
S.2 Amdt. 2.
Ss.14 & 15 Added Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSNL1990 cC-25 1. Subsection 2(1) of the Commissioners for Oaths Act is repealed and the following substituted: Appointments in
province 2. (1) The Minister of Justice may appoint a person who is a Canadian citizen or who has the status of a permanent resident of Canada to administer oaths and take and receive affidavits, declarations and affirmations within the province. 2. The Act is amended by adding immediately after section 13 the following: Minister may set fees 14. The minister may set fees that a commissioner for oaths may charge for exercising a power given to him or her by this Act. Offence 15. (1) A person whose appointment as a commissioner for oaths has expired or whose appointment has been revoked who after the expiry or revocation uses or exercises a power conferred on a commissioner by this Act is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $500. (2) A person who holds himself or herself out as a commissioner for oaths without having been appointed as one is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $500. ŠEarl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer |