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R.S.B.C. 1911, c. 136; 1915, c. 36; 1918, c. 46; 1919,

[Assented to 21st December, 1923.] c. 47; 1920, c. 46;

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

1921, c. 29; 1921
(2nd Sess.), c. 26.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Legal Professions Act Amend- Short title. ment Act, 1923."

2. Section 8 of the "Legal Professions Act," being chapter 136 Re-enacts s. 8. of the "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911," is repealed,

and the following is substituted therefor:

"8. (1.) No person shall be eligible for election as a Bencher at any election unless he is qualified to vote at that election and is a barrister and is nominated in writing by two or more of the members of the Society, such nomination to be sent to the secretary of the Society on or before the first day of March in the year in which the election is held.

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(2.) A list of the members so nominated shall be forwarded by the secretary, along with the forms of voting-papers, to every member of the Society entitled to vote at the election.

"(3.) If the number of persons nominated as candidates is not greater than the number of Benchers to be elected, those persons shall be elected Benchers."

3. Section 24 of said chapter 136 is repealed, and the following Re-enacts s. 24. is substituted therefor:

"24. No person shall sign the name of any other person to any

voting-paper under this Act, or fill up any blank in any voting-paper

signed by another person."

4. Section 29A of said chapter 136, as enacted by section 4 of Re-enacts s. 29A. the "Legal Professions Act Amendment Act, 1920," is repealed,

and the following is substituted therefor:

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Amends s. 34.

Amends s. 36.

Amends s. 40.

Amends s. 41.

“29A. (1.) For the purpose of providing representation of the British Columbia Bar on the Council of the Canadian Bar Association, the Benchers shall, at the first meeting after each election, appoint as representatives ten members of the Society of the degree of barrister.

"(2.) From the representatives so appointed the Benchers may select not to exceed three representatives to attend in each year the annual meeting of the Canadian Bar Association, and may pay, out of the funds of the Society, the expenses necessarily incurred by the representatives in attending that meeting.

"(3.) In selecting representatives to attend the annual meeting of the Canadian Bar Association in the year 1924, the selection shall be made pursuant to the provisions of the section for which this section is substituted."

5. Section 34 of said chapter 136 is amended by inserting after the word "Victoria," in the first line, the words "or in the City of Vancouver."

6. Section 36 of said chapter 136 is amended by inserting after the words which were inserted in the fourteenth line of subclause (a) of clause (3) by section 2 of the "Legal Professions Act Amendment Act, 1918," the words "or shall be a graduate of any educational institution approved by the Benchers for the purposes of this clause"; and by inserting after the words which were inserted in the tenth line of subclause (a) of clause (4) by said section 2 of the "Legal Professions Act Amendment Act, 1918," the words “or shall be a graduate of any educational institution approved by the Benchers for the purposes of this clause."

7. Section 40 of said chapter 136 is amended by adding thereto the following subsection:

"(2.) Any solicitor of this Province who has been in actual practice for not less than five years immediately preceding his application for call to the Bar may, in the discretion of the Benchers and upon payment of the prescribed fees, be called to the Bar without passing any examination; and any barrister of this Province who has been in actual practice for not less than five years immediately preceding his application to be admitted as a solicitor may, in the discretion of the Benchers and upon payment of the prescribed fees, be admitted as a solicitor without passing any examination."

8. Section 41 of said chapter 136 is amended by adding thereto the following subsection::

"(2.) In case it is necessary for the hearing of appeals under this section, the Judges of the Supreme Court shall sit for that purpose on the second Monday in January, the first Monday in July, and the second Monday in September in each year. All sittings

under this section shall be held at the City of Vancouver, and five

Judges of the Supreme Court shall constitute a quorum."

9. Section 59 of said chapter 136 is amended by striking out the Amends s. 59. words "who has been called or admitted after the first Monday in November in any year" in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth lines of the section.

VICTORIA, B.C.:

Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
1923.

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CHAPTER 36.

Licensing Act."

[Assented to 21st December, 1923.]

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

1922, c. 44.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Insurance Agents' Licensing Short title. Act Amendment Act, 1923."

2. Section 18 of the "Insurance Agents' Licensing Act," being Amends s. 18. chapter 44 of the Statutes of 1922, is amended by striking out clause (a) of subsection (1), and substituting therefor the following:"(a.) For an insurance agent's licence where the licensee represents an insurer:

"(i.) In respect of life insurance, and carries on business in a city having a population of more than five thousand, three dollars, or if in any other part of the Province, one dollar; but where the licensee also represents the insurer in respect of insurance against accident or sickness, those fees shall be increased to eight dollars and four dollars respectively:

"(ii.) In any other case, and carries on business in a city having a population of not less than twenty-five thousand, fifteen dollars; or if in a city having a population of less than twenty-five thousand and not less than five thousand, five dollars; or if in any other part of the Province, two dollars and fifty cents."

3. Section 30 of said chapter 44 is amended by striking out all Amends s. 30. words after the word "appeal" in the fifth line, and substituting therefor the words "and shall make such order therein, with or