CHAPTER 12 An Act to amend The Children's Protection [Assented to February 4, 1920.] IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. The Children's Protection Act, 1917, is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth. amended 2. (1) Paragraph 5 of section 2 is repealed and the Section 2 following substituted therefor: "5. 'Judge' means a judge of the court of king's bench, or of the district court, or a police magistrate or a magistrate appointed as a judge of the juvenile court, or two justices, or one justice if requested by the attorney general or the superintendent to act in a specified case.' (2) Paragraph 10 of the said section 2 is amended by inserting after the word "children" in the fourth line the words "or any other place which may be designated by the superintendent or other officer." amended 3. Section 3 is amended by striking out the words "or Section 3 retired judge" where they occur in the first and third lines. New sec 4. Clause (e) of subsection (1) of section 4 is repealed on) (e) and the following substituted therefor: "(e) to report to the minister from time to time when so required by him." tion 7 (1) 5.-(1) Subsection (1) of section 7 is repealed and the New secfollowing substituted therefor: 7.-(1) The children's aid society of every city. having a population of ten thousand or over shall appoint one or more officers, to be known as probation officers, for the enforcement of this Act and The Juvenile Courts Act, being chapter 10 of the statutes of 1917, and notice of every such appointment shall be given to the superintendent. "(2) No member of a police force shall be appointed a probation officer. Section 9 Section 10 amended Section 11 Section 13 New section 16 "(3) The municipality shall pay every officer so appointed such salary as may be approved by the superintendent. In case the society does not make such appointment the same may be made by the superintendent. "(4) Every probation officer shall be an agent of the children's aid society for the purposes of this Act, and shall perform such services as may be required by such society or by the superintendent." (2) Subsection (2) of the said section 7 is renumbered (5). (3) Subsection (3) of the said section 7 is repealed. (4) Subsections (4), (5), (6) and (7) are renumbered (6), (7), (8) and (9). 6. Subsection (8) of section 9 is amended by adding thereto the words "and to the municipality." 7. Section 10 is amended by inserting after the word "section" in the second line the words "or in the case of a child which has been surrendered as provided by section 16 of this Act." 8. (1) Subsection (1) of section 11 is amended by striking out the expression "$3" in the fourth line and substituting therefor the expression "$3.50"; and by striking out all the words after "compensation" in the seventh line. (2) Subsection 10 of the said section 11 is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "(10) An order made under this section may, when made by a judge of the court of king's bench or of a district court, be enforced under An Act respecting Judges' Orders in Matters not in Court, being chapter 55 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan 1909. In other cases it may be enforced under part XV of The Criminal Code." 9. Subsection (3) of section 13 is amended by inserting after the word "may" in the seventh line the words "after due notification to the society of which the child is a ward." 10. Section 16 is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "16.-(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a parent, who by instrument in writing has surrendered the custody of a child not over the age of seven years to a children's aid society. incorporated boys' or girls' home, orphans' home, asylum, or children's or infants' home, shall not thereafter be entitled, contrary to the terms of such instrument, to the custody of or any control or authority over or any right to interfere with such child. (2) In case both the father and mother of such child are living and no guardian has been appointed, no surrender shall be accepted under this section unless both father and mother execute the same. (3) In case the child is illegitimate, the mother may execute the surrender." amended 11. Section 21 is amended by striking out the words Section 21 and figures "under the age of 14 years or a" in the second line and substituting the word "or." 12. Clause (d) of subsection (1) of section 22 is Section 22 (1) (d) rerepealed. pealed amended 13. (1) The word "agent" is struck from the heading Section 26 over section 26, and the word "officer" substituted therefor. (2) Subsection (1) of the said section 26 is amended. by striking out the word "executive" in the third line. (3) Subsection (3) of the said section 26 is amended by adding thereto the words "or the judge may make an order committing the child to such industrial school, home or other establishment for a definite or indefinite period." |