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CHAPTER 55.

R.S.B.C. 1911, c. 178; 1917, c. 48; 1921, c. 50.

[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:

1. This Act may be cited as the "Pharmacy Act Amendment Act, short title. 1923."

2. Section 5 of the "Pharmacy Act," being chapter 178 of the Amends s. 5. "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911," is amended by striking out clause (a) of said section, and substituting therefor the following:

"(a.) To make such by-laws for the Association as they in their discretion may deem proper for the establishment and support of a school of pharmacy; for prescribing the curriculum of studies to be pursued by candidates for apprenticeship, by certified clerks, and by licentiates of pharmacy under this Act and the subjects and term of study; for the appointment of readers and lecturers; for regulating the attendance of candidates at the said school of pharmacy; for regulating the lectures, the discipline of candidates, the qualification of candidates and of licentiates of pharmacy, the examinations to be passed by candidates and by licentiates of pharmacy, the fees and amounts to be paid by candidates, by licentiates, and by members of the Association; for providing for the appropriation, application, and disbursement of the funds of the Association, the affiliation with the Canadian Pharmaceutical Association or any other association in the opinion of the Council calculated to promote the interests of this Association; for the advancement and protection of the interests of the

Re-enacts s. 17.

Amends s. 32.

Association and its members; and to alter and amend such by-laws from time to time, and to repeal the same in whole or in part, and substitute others therefor; subject in all cases to the approval of a majority of the members of the Association and to one month's notice being given to the members of the Association of any intended by-law, or alteration, amendment, or repeal thereof; and every such by-law shall be subject to the approval of the LieutenantGovernor in Council."

3. Section 17 of said chapter 178 is repealed, and the following is substituted therefor:

"17. To provide for the carrying-out of the provisions of this Act and the enforcement thereof, the Council shall be entitled to collect such fees and assessments as may be prescribed by by-law of the Association approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council: Provided that the annual fee for a certificate issued to a licentiate of pharmacy engaged in business on his own account or in partnership with any other person shall not exceed ten dollars, the annual fee for a certificate issued to a licentiate acting in the capacity of a clerk shall not exceed five dollars, and the annual fee for an apprentice shall not exceed two dollars."

4. Section 32 of said chapter 178 is amended by inserting after the word "name," in the ninth line thereof, the words "placed on the facia window or sign of the shop "; and by inserting after the word "and," in said ninth line, the words "shall have his."

VICTORIA, B.C.:

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

1923.

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[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:

1. This Act may be cited as the "Plans Cancellation Act."
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-
"Highway," "owner," and "parcel" shall have the meanings
assigned to them respectively under the interpretation sec-
tion of the "Land Registry Act":

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the land registration dis-
trict in which the lands covered by the plan are situate.

3. A plan of subdivision registered in a Land Registry Office may be cancelled or amended, in whole or in part, upon an application being made to the Registrar by the owners of all the lands covered by the plan or the part thereof proposed to be cancelled or amended, or the owners of land representing sixty per cent. of the assessed value of the lands covered by the plan or the part thereof proposed to be cancelled or amended.

4. (1.) The application shall be by petition addressed to and filed Petition. with the Registrar and signed by the owners, or for them by their respective solicitors or agents, and verified by the statutory declaration of a signatory. The petition shall state briefly :

(a.) The date of the registration of the plan in the Land Registry Office, and its number and the description of the lands covered thereby:

(b.) Whether the total cancellation of the plan is desired or only a partial cancellation, and, if only a partial cancella

Sketch-plan.

Caveat.

Service of petition and notice of hearing.

tion or an amendment is desired, the description of the land covered by the part of the plan proposed to be cancelled or amended:

(c.) The name, occupation, and post-office address of each petitioning owner and a description of the portion of lands owned by each owner, together with the assessed value thereof as shown by the last revised municipal or Provincial assessment roll:

(d.) The name, occupation, and address of each person other than the petitioners who appears on the books of the Land Registry Office in which the plan is registered as the owner of any part of the lands covered by the plan or that part of the plan proposed to be cancelled or amended, and a description of that part of the lands and the assessed value thereof as shown by the last revised municipal or Provincial assessment roll.

(2.) Where the plan is sought to be amended, a sketch-plan of the proposed amendment shall also be filed with the petition.

(3.) Where the petition is not signed by the owners of all the lands covered by the plan or the part thereof proposed to be cancelled or amended, the petitioners may lodge a caveat with the Registrar to the effect that no disposition of the lands set out in the petition in pursuance of clause (d) of subsection (1) of section 4 shall be made unless the disposition is subject to any order which may be made upon the petition.

Sections 209 and 210 of the "Land Registry Act" shall apply in respect of caveats lodged under this section. The Registrar may at any time, on cause shown to his satisfaction, order the discharge of a caveat lodged under this section. Every caveat lodged under this section, unless sooner discharged, shall expire upon the regis tration of the order made by the Registrar upon the petition.

5. (1.) The Registrar, upon receipt of the petition, shall fix a convenient date for the hearing thereof, and may direct that notice of the hearing be given to any person whom he thinks might be interested in the proposed cancellation or amendment, and all such persons, together with all persons, other than the petitioners, who appear on the books of the Land Registry Office as the owners of any part of the lands covered by the plan or that part of the plan proposed to be cancelled or amended, shall be served personally with copies of the petition, declaration, notice of hearing, plans, and evidence intended to be used on the hearing.

(2.) The Registrar may upon satisfactory evidence direct substitutional service upon the persons interested in the petition, whenever he thinks fit, in the manner as provided in section 239 of the "Land Registry Act."

(3.) The Attorney-General and, if the lands are situate in a municipality, the municipal clerk shall also be served with copies