Rev. Stat. c. 186 Coming into force H 1927 CHAPTER 59 An Act to amend The Minimum Wage Act. [Assented to February 7, 1927.] IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. Paragraph 6 of section 2 of The Minimum Wage Act is amended by inserting after the words "refreshment room" in the fourth line the words "a barber shop, a beauty parlour." 2. This Act shall come into force on the first day of May, 1927. 1927 CHAPTER 60 An Act respecting the Welfare of Children. [Assented to March 3, 1927.] HIS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as The Child Welfare Act, Short title 1927. INTERPRETATION. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, Interpretation the expression: sioner" 1. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Child "CommisProtection appointed under the provisions of Part I; 2. "Minister" means the member of the Executive "Minister" Council to whom is assigned for the time being the administration of this Act. R.S.S. 1920, c. 192, s. 2, part. PART I. Bureau of Child Protection. 3.-(1) There shall be a permanent bureau under the Organisation minister to be called the Bureau of Child Protection, and the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint thereto a chief officer, to be called the Commissioner of Child Protection, and such other officers, clerks, inspectors and employees as may from time to time be necessary for the proper conduct of the bureau. (2) The persons so appointed shall, under the direction of the minister, carry out the provisions of this Act and perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 1921-22, c. 15, s. 3. 4. The salaries of the commissioner and all other Salaries officers and employees and the expenses of the bureau may be paid out of such moneys as may from time to time be appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose. 1921-22, c. 15, s. 4. Acts administered of Neglected Children 5. The bureau shall, under the minister, administer this Act and such other Acts as may be from time to time assigned by the Executive Council to the administration of the bureau. 1921-22, c. 15, s. 5. Superintendent 6. Wherever in any Act of the Dominion or of Sasand Dependent katchewan reference is made to the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children, the Commissioner of Child Protection shall be and be deemed to be for the purposes of that Act the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children, and he shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of such superintendent. 1921-22, c. 15, s. 6. PART II. Neglected and Dependent Children. INTERPRETATION. 7. (1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression: 1. "Boarding home" means a home in which a child is placed to be cared for as a member of the family, but for whose care payment is made; 2. "Child" means a boy or girl actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years; 3. "Children's aid society" means a society, having among its objects the protection of children from cruelty and the care and control of neglected children, and which has been incorporated under The Children's Protection Act, chapter 31 of the statues of 1908 or any subsequent Act for the protection of neglected and dependent children, or is incorporated under this Act; or any other incorporated organisation which has been approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council for the purposes of this Act; and, except in a municipality in which there is such a society, shall mean the commissioner; 4. "Foster home" means a home in which a neglected child may be placed as a member of the family; 5. "Infants' home" means a building or part of any building where children are received or retained, with or without charge, apart from their parents; 6. "Inspector" means an inspector appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Act and includes a probation officer; 7. "Institution" means a building or part of a building other than a private dwelling or an industrial school, set apart for the care or custody of children and includes an infants' home or maternity home; 8. "Judge" means a judge of the Court of King's "Judge" 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 commissioner to act in a specified case; ity" 9. "Municipality" means a city, town, village or rural Municipalmunicipality; child" 10. "Neglected child" means any child found by a "Neglected judge to be within any of the classes of children referred to in section 22 of this Act; 11. "Officer" means a member of the board of directors "Officer" of a children's aid society, or any person specially appointed by such society to enforce this Act, or the commissioner; 12. "Parent" includes a guardian and every person "Parent" who is by law liable to maintain a child; safety" 13. "Place of safety" includes an industrial school or "Place of house of industry for boys or girls, or a shelter or temporary home established by a children's aid society, or any institution established for the care and protection of children, or any other place which is designated by the commissioner or other officer, but not a gaol, prison, police station, lockup or guardroom; 14. "Public place" means a street, highway or lane, "Public place" whether a thoroughfare or not, a place of public resort, and generally any place to which the public have access; 15. "Shelter" means a building or part of a building "Shelter" used for the temporary care of children which is under the supervision of a children's aid society and is approved by the commissioner; home 16. "Temporary home" means a home in which a "Temporary child is placed temporarily pending further consideration of his or her case. R.S.S. 1920, c. 192, s. 2; 1921-22, c. 74, s. 2; amended. (2) For the purposes of this Part a child shall be deemed to be maintained by a children's aid society if it is wholly or partly so maintained, either in a shelter or temporary home or other institution conducted by the society, or is placed out under the provisions of this or any other Act. R.S.S. 1920, c. 192, s. 13 (4). (3) Where a parent has been convicted on a criminal charge, or in respect of an offence committed against his child, the child shall be deemed to be deserted by that parent. R.S.S. 1920, c. 192, s. 13 (5). JURISDICTION. jurisdiction 8. Every judge of the Court of King's Bench shall have Extent of jurisdiction under this Part in any part of the province; a judge of a district court, in the judicial district in which he resides or is authorised to act; a police magistrate or Duties Application for incorporation Evidence with application Incorporation magistrate who is a judge of a juvenile court, in the city, town, village or rural municipality to which he is appointed; and any two justices of the peace, in any part of the province. R.S.S. 1920, c. 192, s. 3, amended. COMMISSIONER OF CHILD PROTECTION. 9.-(1) It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Child Protection: (a) to encourage and assist in the establishment of children's aid societies and child welfare committees; (b) to advise such societies and instruct them as to the manner in which their duties are to be performed; (c) to see that a record is kept by such societies of all committals and of all children placed in foster homes under this Part and of such other particulars as are deemed desirable; (d) to direct and supervise the visiting of any place. where a child is placed pursuant to the provisions of this Part; (e) to report to the minister from time to time when so required by him; (f) to enforce the provisions of this Part. (2) The commissioner shall have and may exercise all the powers conferred upon a children's aid society. R.S.S. 1920, c. 192, s. 4, amended. CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETIES. 10. Any five or more persons, being British subjects. of the full age of twenty-one years and resident within any municipality in Saskatchewan, who desire to associate themselves together for the purpose of protecting children from cruelty and of caring for and controlling neglected children, may make application: (form A) for incorporation under the provisions of this Act. 1921-22, c. 74, s. 3. 11. The signature of the applicants and the facts stated in the application shall be verified by statutory declaration to the satisfaction of the Provincial Secretary. 1921-22, c. 74, s. 3. 12. When an application has been approved by the Provincial Secretary (form B), the applicants and such other persons as may afterwards become members of the society shall be a body politic and corporate by the name of "The Children's Aid Society of " and may take and hold by gift, purchase, grant, devise or bequest any property real or personal and may dispose of and mortgage the same at pleasure. 1921–22, c. 74, s. 3. |