1927 CHAPTER 44 An Act to amend The Legal Profession Act. [Assented to March 3, 1927.] IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. The Legal Profession Act is amended in the manner Rev. Stat. hereinafter set forth. c. 133 amended 2.-(1) Section 70 is amended by striking out the Section 70 words "twelve months" in the fifth line and substituting "six years." (2) The said section 70 shall be deemed always to have been expressed in its amended form. Rev. Stat. c. 135 New section 53a Trial de novo Section 54 amended H 1927 CHAPTER 45 An Act to amend The Medical Profession Act. [Assented to March 3, 1927.] IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. The Medical Profession Act is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth. 2. The following is inserted after section 53: "53a. (1) In lieu of making an order under section 52 the judge may, on the application of either party, proceed by way of a trial de novo, in whole or in part, in which case any of the parties to the appeal may call witnesses and adduce evidence, whether such witnesses were called or evidence adduced at the hearing before the committee or not, either as to the credibility of any witness or as to any other fact material to the inquiry, or to those issues which the judge is to try. "(2) Any evidence material to the inquiry or to the issues which the judge is to try, taken before the committee at the hearing below, certified by the chairman, or, in case it was taken in shorthand, certified by the stenographer, may be read on such appeal, and shall have the like force and effect as if the witness was there examined, if the court appealed to is satisfied by affidavit or otherwise that the personal presence of the witness cannot be obtained by any reasonable efforts. "(3) The judge hearing the appeal shall be the absolute judge both of the facts and the law. "(4) Where the whole subject matter of the inquiry is tried de novo, there shall be an appeal to the Court of Appeal from any order or decision of the judge. Where only a part is so tried, there shall be no appeal except by leave of the trial judge or of the Court of Appeal." 3. Subsection (2) of section 54a, as enacted by section 7 of chapter 59 of the statutes of 1921-22, is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "(2) If, as the result of such investigation the name of a member, which has been erased from the register, is restored thereto, or in the event of a member being acquitted of any charge made against him, the council may direct that such costs, or any part thereof, shall be paid by the college, unless the investigation was held at the instance of the accused. "(3) Such costs shall be taxed by the local registrar of the Court of King's Bench at Regina, on the King's Bench scale, and upon his certificate execution may issue as upon a judgment in an action in such court." 4. This Act shall come into force on the first day of Coming into May, 1927. force 1927 CHAPTER 46 An Act to amend The Anatomy Act. [Assented to March 3, 1927.] IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: c. 136, 1. Section 2 of The Anatomy Act is amended by insert- Rev. Stat. ing after the word "province" in the fourth line and after section 2. the word "hospital" in the sixth line the words "or hospital for mental diseases." 2. This Act shall come into force on the first day of Coming into May, 1927. force Rev. Stat. c. 144 Section 2 amended Section 4 amended Section 5 amended 1927 CHAPTER 47 An Act to amend The Drugless Practitioners Act. [Assented to March 3, 1927.] HIS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. The Drugless Practitioners Act is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth. 2. Section 2 is amended by adding thereto the following subsections: "(2) There shall be a council to be known as 'The Drugless Practitioners' Council' to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. "(3) The council shall consist of not less than three nor more than five members, shall be appointed from among those registered under the provisions of this Act and shall hold office for such length of time as may be determined by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. "(4) The said council shall forthwith after the constitution thereof select one of its members as chairman and shall meet at least once in each year, and at such other times as it may deem necessary and at such places as it may determine. Three members of the council shall constitute a quorum." 3. Subsection (1) of section 4 is amended by striking out all the words after "university" where it first occurs. in the sixth line and substituting the following: "The university shall confer with the Drugless Practitioners' Council concerning suitable persons to examine in the subjects required of candidates for license as drugless practitioners." 4. (1) Subsection (1) of section 5 is amended by striking out all the words after "University of Saskatchewan" in the third line and substituting the following: "Satisfactory evidence of identity, good moral character and preliminary education and a diploma or diplomas of graduation from a chartered school, college or university recognised by the University of Saskatchewan, the requirements of which were at the time of granting such diploma or diplomas not less than those prescribed by this Act." (2) Subsection (2) of the said section 5 is amended by striking out all the words after "attended" in the third line and substituting the following: "a resident course of study in a chartered school, college or university recognised by the University of Saskatchewan, for three years of six months each or its equivalent." 5. Section 5 is further amended by adding thereto the Section 5 following subsection: "(3) Every person applying for a license after the first day of March, 1927, shall also furnish satisfactory evidence that he has completed a junior matriculation course or its equivalent." further amended amended 6. Subsection (2) of section 6 is amended by striking Section 6 out all the words after "fee" in the second line and substituting the following: "together with the necessary material to satisfy the requirements of section 5 of this Act." 7. Subsection (2) of section 7 is repealed and the Section 7 following substituted therefor: amended "(2) The foregoing subjects may be changed from time to time by the senate of the university after consultation with the Drugless Practitioners' Council." 8. Subsection (2) of section 8 is repealed. Section 8 amended pro 9. (1) Any person who, not being registered in Unlicensed accordance with the provisions of The Drugless Practi-hibited from tioners Act, has since the first day of October, 1926, practising continuously practised the art of drugless healing in Saskatchewan and who continues to do so shall within one year from the date of the coming into force of this Act pass the necessary examination and become registered. as a drugless practitioner in accordance with the provisions of The Drugless Practitioners Act. (2) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in The Drugless Practitioners Act no such person who has the qualifications necessary to entitle him to present himself for examination under that Act shall, during the period of one year from the date of the coming into force of this Act, be deemed to be acting in violation of The Drugless Practitioners Act by reason only of his so practising the art of drugless healing without a license. (3) Every such person shall during the said period be subject in all other respects to the provisions of The |