If his license is forfeited or revoked in consequence of a conviction for any offence he will be liable to undergo a term of imprisonment equal to the portion of his term of years which remained unexpired when his license was granted, viz. the term of years. FORM B. FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF CONVICTION. I do hereby certify that A.B., the holder of a license under the Ticket of Leave Act was on the day of of the offence and sentenced to J.P., Co. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 2848 1. This Act may be cited as the Canada Temperance Act. Short title. R.S., c. 106, s. 1. INTERPRETATION. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- Interpretation. (a) intoxicating liquors' includes every spirituous or malt 'Intoxicaliquor, and every wine, and any and every combination of ting liquors.' liquors or drinks that is intoxicating, and any mixed liquor capable of being used as a beverage, and part of which is spirituous or otherwise intoxicating; (b) 'electors' means persons qualified and competent to Electors.' vote at an election of a member of the House of Commons in the county or city in respect to which the expression 6 (c) form' means å form in the schedule of this Act; 'Form.' (d) county' includes every town, township, parish and County.' other division or municipality, except a city, within the territorial limits of the county, and also a union of counties united for municipal purposes; (c) as respects the province of Ontario, or any other province County' in in which provisional or temporary judicial districts exist, Ontario. 'county' includes such provisional or temporary judicial districts; Manitoba. B. C. (f) as respects the province of Manitoba, 'county' means County' in the electoral districts therein, as designated by the Representation Act; (g) as respects the province of British Columbia, until the County' in Province shall have been divided into counties and a regular municipal organization established in each of such counties, county' means an electoral district therein, in accordance with the division of the Province for election of members of the House of Commons of Canada, and includes every town, township, parish and other division or municipality within the territorial limits of such electoral district, or within a union of electoral districts where 2857 united Attendance of agents. united for municipal purposes. R.S., c. 106, s. 2; 51 V., c. 34, ss. 2 and 4. 3. Whenever in Part I. of this Act any expressions are used, requiring or authorizing any act to be done, or from which it may be inferred that any act or thing is to be done, in the presence of the agent of the persons interested, such expressions shall be deemed to refer to the presence of such agents as are authorized to attend, and as have, in fact, attended at the time and place where such act and thing is being done. R.S., c. 106, s. 24. Into 3 parts. DIVISION OF ACT. 4. This Act is divided into three Parts. Part I. relates to proceedings for bringing Part II. into force. Part II. relates to the prohibition of traffic in intoxicating liquors. Part III. relates to penalties and prosecutions for offences against Part II. R.S., c. 106, s. 3. Petition to Council. PART I. PROCEEDINGS FOR BRINGING PART II. OF THIS ACT INTO FORCE. Mode of Obtaining Poll. 5. Proceedings for the bringing of Part II. of this Governor in Act into force in any county or city shall be commenced by petition to the Governor in Council which may be in form A or in words to the same effect. R.S., c. 106, s. 4. Form of notice of desire to 6. Such petition may be embodied as in form A in a notice in writing addressed to the Secretary of State of Canada and have votes of signed by electors of the county or city, to the effect that the signers desire that the votes of all of such electors be taken for and against the adoption of the petition. R.S., c. 106, s. 5. electors taken. Deposit of notice. In general. In provi sional or temporary districts. 7. Such notice embodying such petition may be deposited for public examination, (a) in the office of the sheriff or registrar of deeds of or in the county or city to which it relates, and where in any county there is more than one office of a registrar of deeds, in any one of such offices; (b) in the province of Ontario, or in any other province in which provisional or temporary judicial districts exist, so far as relates to such provisional or temporary judicial districts, in the registry office, or in one of the registry 2858 offices, offices, if more than one, for the respective provisional or (c) in the province of Manitoba in any registry office or in In Manitoba. any sheriff's office in the respective electoral districts. 2. In the province of British Columbia, until the Pro- In British vince shall have been divided into counties and a regular Columbia. municipal organization established in each of such counties, such notice embodying such petition shall be deposited, for Cariboo electoral district, in the office of the registrar of voters at the village of Barkerville; for Yale electoral district, in the office of the registrar of voters at the village of Kamloops; for New Westminster electoral district, in the office of the registrar of voters at the city of New Westminster; for Victoria electoral district, in the office of the registrar of voters at the city of Victoria; and for Vancouver electoral district, in the office of the registrar of voters at the city of Nanaimo. R.S., c. 106, s. 6; 51 V., c. 34, ss. 1, 3 and 4. 8. There shall be laid before the Secretary of State, together Evidence. with or in addition to every such notice embodying such peti tion, evidence, of electors. (a) that there are appended to it the genuine signatures of One-fourth at least one-fourth in number of all the electors in the county or city named in it; (b) that such. notice has been deposited, as provided by Deposit for the last preceding section, for public examination by any exam person for ten days previous to its being so laid before the Secretary of State; and, examina (c) that two weeks previous notice of such deposit has been Notice of given in two newspapers published in or nearest to the deposit. county or city to which such notice embodying such petition relates, and by at least two insertions in each such paper. R.S., c. 106, s. 6. lamation 9. If it appears by evidence to the satisfaction of the Case in Governor in Council that any such notice has appended to it the which procgenuine signatures of one-fourth or more of all the electors in may issue. the county or city named in it, and has been duly deposited as aforesaid, after notice as aforesaid, the Governor in Council may issue a proclamation under this Part. R.S., c. 106, s. 7. 10. Such proclamation shall be inserted at least three times Proclamain the Canada Gazette, and three times in the official gazette tion to be of the province in which the county or city is situate. R.S., c. 106, s. 8. published. Contents. 11. In such proclamation there may be set forth,- in it; 32 2859 (b) Signatures. Day of poll. Hours. Name of returning officer. Appointment of deputies. Appointment of representatives. Date and place of final summing up. Date when will go into Further particulars. No polling on day of any other election. Who may be appointed. (b) the number of the signatures to the notice; (c) the day on which the poll for taking the votes of the electors for and against the petition will be held; (d) that such votes will be taken by ballot between the hours (e) the name of the sheriff, registrar or other person ap- (i) the day on which, in the event of the petition being (j) any such further particulars, with respect to the taking and summing up of the votes of the electors, as the Governor in Council sees fit to insert therein. R.S., c. 106, s. 9. 12. No polling of votes under this Act shall be held in any city or county on the same day that any election takes place in such county or city for a member to serve in the Parliament of Canada, or in any provincial legislature. R.S., c. 106, s. 9. Returning officers and their Duties. 13. Either the sheriff or the registrar of deeds, or one of the sheriffs, or one of the registrars of deeds, for the county or city or for a portion of the county or city in which the poll is to be held, or the nearest sheriff or registrar, or any other person, may be appointed returning officer in any case under this Part. Evidence of 2. The naming of any person in any proclamation issued appointment. under this Part shall be a sufficient appointment, and sufficient evidence of the appointment of such person as returning officer, for the purposes mentioned in the proclamation. R.S., c. 106, s. 10. Oath of returning officer. 14. On receiving a copy of the proclamation, the returning officer shall forthwith endorse thereon the date on which he receives 2860 |