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Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2016


CHAPTER 4

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHANGE OF NAME ACT, 2009

(Assented to April 13, 2016)

Analysis


        1.   S.2 Amdt.
Interpretation

        2.   S.4 Amdt.
Eligibility


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

SNL2009 cC-8.1
as amended

        1. Paragraph 2(1)(b) of the Change of Name Act, 2009 is repealed and the following substituted:

             (b)  "child" means a person under the age of 16 years;

 

        2. Subsection 4(1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Eligibility

        4. (1) A person who

             (a)  is resident in the province; and

             (b)  has reached the age of 16 years

may make an application under this Act to change his or her name.