PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA STATUTES. Passed in the Session Held in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of Her,Majesty QUEEN ELIZABETH I1

Transcription

1 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA STATUTES Passed in the Session Held in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Years of the Reign of Her,Majesty QUEEN ELIZABETH I1 Being the First Session of the Twenty-eighth Parliament of British Columbia Holden and Begun at New Westminster on the 24th January, 1967, and Continued at Victoria on the 25th January, 1967, and Ending on the 23rd March MAJOR-GENERAL THE HONOURABLE GEORGE RANDOLPH PEARKES, V.C., P.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., C.D., Lieutenont-Governor Printed by A. SUTTON, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1967

2 An Act to Incorporate the Western Pentecostal Bible College Preamble. Short title. [Assented to 23rd March, HEREAS Rev. E. A. Hornby, Rev. V. R. Morrison, Rev. James W M. House, Rev. J. M. Watts, and Rev. C. Fawcett have represented that they desire to establish a Pentecostal Theological College in connection with the British Columbia District Conference of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada: And whereas it is expedient that the said institution should be incorporated: Therefore, Her 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 Western Pentecostal Bible College Act. 2. Rev. E. A. Hornby, Vancouver, B.C.; Rev. V. R. Morrison, Vancouver, B.C.; Rev. James M. House, Vancouver, B.C.; Rev. J. M. Watts, Vancouver, B.C.; and Rev. C. Fawcett, Victoria, B.C., and their successors in perpetuity together with such persons as may from time to time be members of the Board of Governors under the provisions hereinafter contained, shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by and under the name of Western Pentecostal Bible College (hereinafter calied the "College "). 3. The College shall, by the name of "Western Pentecostal Bible College," have perpetual succession and a common seal, and by such name may, from time to time and at all times hereafter, acquire by purchase, lease, gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise, and may hold, possess, and enjoy, real and personal property of every nature and kind situate either within or without the Province, and especially such lands, tenements, and hereditaments within the Province as may be necessary for the use and occupation as college buildings and offices, residences for professors, tutors, students, and officers, with gardens or pleasure-grounds pertaining thereto, together with all libraries, furniture, and fixtures used in connection therewith, and the College shall have, for the purposes and benefit of the college or colleges to be established and maintained hereunder, power to sell, lease, alienate, and dispose of any such property for such consideration as may be agreed on. 453

3 4. The College shall have and is hereby given full power and authority to borrow such sum or sums of money from time to time as may be necessary for its purposes, either with or without security, and shall have power and authority to mortgage or pledge any or all of its lands, tenements, or hereditaments or any other of its property for securing any sum or sums of money so borrowed, or for securing any part of the purchase money of any such lands, tenements, or hereditaments. 5. The College shall have power for the purposes of the corporation to execute deeds, agreements, bills of sale, mortgages, bills of exchange, promissory notes, and other lie documents. 6. The College shall have full power and authority (a) to invest all or any sum or sums of money of or belonging to the College, or given or bequeathed to it, in any bonds or securities of Canada or of any Province thereof, or of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, or in any debentures of any of the municipalities of the said Provinces, or in any securities in which life insurance companies are authorized from time to time by the Parliament of Canada to invest, and also to lend and invest any such moneys upon the security of any real or personal property, and also to make any other investments which may, by the laws of the Province, be authorized for the investment of trust funds; and the College may, under its corporate name or in the name of any person or persons as trustee or trustees, take and hold any real or personal property or any interest therein by way of mortgage to secure any such investment; (b) to pass on and entrust to a trust company all or any sum or sums of money belonging to the College, to be held, controlled, administered, and dealt with by such trust company, subject to the provisions of clause (a), for such time and in such manner as the Board of Governors may from time to time direct. 7. The affairs of the College shall be managed by a Board of Governors consisting of not less than five (5) and not more than twenty (20) members, and the following shall constitute the first Board of Governors: Rev. E. A. Hornby, Rev. V. R. Morrison, Rev. James M. House, Rev. J. M. Watts, Rev. C. Fawcett, Rev. John E. Nygard, Rev. Robert A. Delgatty, Rev. Frank A. Kaiser, Rev. Einar A. Domeij, and Rev. Reuben L. Schmunk; and the above-named persons shall continue to hold office until their successors are appointed as hereinafter provided. 454

4 8. The Board of Governors shall be appointed by the Conference of the British Columbia District of The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (hereinafter called " The Conference ") in such manner as The Conference may from time to time by rule or by-laws determine. 9. The Board of Governors shall have the whole management of the financial affairs of the College, and shall receive and disburse all its moneys; control, keep, and manage all its property; and transact all business relating to property and money committed to its care. 10. The Board of Governors shall have power and authority from time to time to appoint and, as they shall have occasion, to remove the President, the Dean or other head, the professors, tutors, and masters, and all other officers, agents, and servants of the College. 11. The professors of the College, together with such persons as may be appointed by the Board of Governors from its membership, and such other persons as may be nominated by the said Board once every two years at a time to be decided upon by the Board for that purpose, shall constitute the Senate of the College, to whom shall be entrusted the reception, academic, superintendence, and discipline of the students and all other persons within the College. 12. The conference may from time to time make rules or by-laws for the government of the College and for its guidance, and may alter, amend, and annul the said rules or by-laws from time to time; provided always that such rules or by-laws shall not be contrary to this Act or repugnant to the laws of the Province. 13. The said rules or by-laws shall be entered in a Minute Book kept for the said purpose and signed by the President of the Conference in ofice from time to time at the time during which the same are adopted or passed, and such books shall be deposited among the records of The Conference. 14. A copy of the said rules or by-laws certified under the hand of the Secretary of The Conference for the time being shall be admitted and received as evidence of the said rules or by-laws, and of the contents thereof, in any Court of this Province, and for all purposes, without proof of the signature of the said Secretary. 15. The Senate of the College shall have power to provide for the granting of and to grant degrees in theology, religious education, and sacred music only, including honorary degrees and certificates of proficiency in these disciplines as the Senate may determine. 455

5 16. The Senate shall have power to make by-laws touching any matter or thing pertaining to the conditions on which degrees may be conferred, whether the said degree be such as are granted in come or by examination, or such as are honorary, or whether they be conferred on matriculants of the College or other persons and to amend such bylaws when the Senate shall see fit. 17. This Act shall come into force on a date to be fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council by his Proclamation. Printed by A. S ~ON, Printer to the Qwcn'a Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1967

6 PROVlNCE OF BRITlSH COLUMBlA STATUTES Passed in the Session Held in the 'hventy-ninth Year of the Reign of Her Majesty QUEEN ELIZABETH I1 The Second Session of the Thirty-second Parliament of British Columbia Held at Victoria, convened on February 29, 1980, adjourned on August 22, 1980 and prorogued on December 3, HONOURABLE HENRY P. BELL-IRVING Lieutenant Governor Queen's Printer for British Columbia 0 Victoria, 198 1

7 MISCELLANEOUS STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 2), 1980 CHAPTER 36 [Assented to August 22, HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows: Adoption Act Amendments 1. Section 8 of the Adoption Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 4, is amended by adding the following: (9) Where a child is voluntarily surrendered to the superintendent for an adoption consented to under this section, subject to subsection (7), the guardianship of the child is transferred to the superintendent, in respect of the person of the child, and to the public trustee, in respect of the estate of the child. 2. The following section is added: Offences 15.1 (1) A person who, without authorization of the court or the superintendent (a) publishes by any means a notice or advertisement for the adoption of a child, (b) offers money or consideration of any kind to induce a person to make a child available for adoption, or (c) offers or accepts money or consideration of any kind in respect of procuring or assisting in procuring a child for adoption, commits an offence and is liable to a penalty not exceeding $ Agricultural Land Commission Act Amendments 3. Section 8 of the Agricultural Land Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 9, is amended by adding at the end ", and on being so designated the land is established as an agricultural land reserve". 4. Section 10 is amended (a) in subsection (1) by striking out the second sentence, and (b) by adding the following subsection: (1.1 ) If the commission considers that the plan referred to in subsection (1 ) carries out the purpose of this Act, the commission may designate the agricultural land shown on the plan as an agricultural land reserve. 5. Section 11 (2) is amended by striking out "grant permission on any terms he considers advisable for other than farm use" and substituting "grant permission under section 15 (2), 16, 18 or 19 (2) on any terms he considers advisable". 6. Section 18 is amended by adding at the beginning "Except as permitted by this Act or the regulations or by an order of the commission on terms and conditions the commission may impose,". 219

8 64. Sections 138 and 139 are amended (a) by striking out "Wednesday" wherever it occurs and substituting "Monday", and (b) by striking out "January" wherever it occurs and substituting "December". 65. Section 142 is repealed and the following substituted: Meetings of Council 142. Meetings of Council shall be held (a) on the first Monday after December 1 in each even numbered year, and (b) as decided by Council Section 57 is amended by adding "or that he, for reasons of conscience, is unable to vote on polling-day" after "hospital on polling-day". Western Pentecostal Bible College Act Amendment 66. The Western Pentecostal Bible College Act, S.B.C. 1967, c. 65, is amended by adding the following section: Exemption from taxation 3.1 (1) In this section, "property" has the meaning given it in the Assessment Act. (2) The college is exempt from taxation under the Municipal Act, the School Act and Taxation (Rural) Area Act in respect of property (a) owned by it, or (b) leased by it from either the Crown or a municipality where that property is occupied by the college and used by it for educational purposes. Workers Compensation Act Amendments 67. Section 91 of the Workers Compensation Act, R. S. B.C. 1979, c. 437, is amended (a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following: (I) Where a board of review makes a decision under section 90, the worker, his dependants, his employer or the representative of any of them may, not more than 60 days after the decision is sent out, or within another period as the board may allow, appeal to the commissioners of the board., and (b) by repealing subsections (2) and (3). 68. Section 93 is repealed and the following substituted: Payment for boards of review 93. (1) All money required to be paid for the administration and operation of boards of review established under section 89 (1) shall be paid out of the consolidated revenue fund from money appropriated by the legislature for that purpose, but the board shall reimburse the consolidated revenue fund for all amounts so paid when requested by the minister. (2) On receiving a request under subsection (I), the board shall, out of the accident fund, pay the amount requested to the Minister of Finance. 230

9 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA STATUTES Passed in the Session Held in the Fifty-Second Year of the Reign of Her Majesty QUEEN ELIZABETH I1 The Fourth Session of the Thirty-Seventh Parliament of British Columbia Held at Victoria, convened on February 11,2003, adjourned on May 29,2003, resumed on October 6,2003, adjourned on December 2,2003, resumed and adjourned on December 16,2003 and resumed and prorogued on February 10,2004. VOLUME 3 Chapters 1 to 46 (except Private, Special and Local Acts) are printed in Volume 1. Chapters 47 to 73 (except Private, Special and Local Acts) are printed in Volume 2. Chapters 74 to 103 and Private, Special and Local Acts are printed in Volume 3. HONOURABLE IONA V. CAMPAGNOLO Lieutenant Governor Queen's Rim for British ColumbiaQ Victoria. 2003

10 2003 WESTERN PENTECOSTAL BIBLE COLLEGE (AMENDMENT) SBC CHAP. 84 Section 1 WESTERN PENTECOSTAL BIBLE COLLEGE AMENDMENT ACT, 2003 CHAPTER 84 Assented to November 17,2003 WHEREAS a petition has been presented for the amendment of An Act to I~zcorporate the Western Pentecostal Bible College, and it is expedient to grant the request in the petition: HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows: 1 The title of An Act to Incorporate the Western Pentecostal Bible College, S.B.C. 1967, c. 65, is repealed and the following substituted: SUMMIT PACIFIC COLLEGE ACT. 2 Section 1 is repealed. 3 Section 2 is amended by striking out "Western Pentecostal Bible College" and substituting "Summit Pacific College". 4 Section 3 is amended by striking out "the name of "Western Pentecostal Bible College," have" and substituting "the name of "Summit Pacific College", have". Transitional 5 The change of the name of Western Pentecostal Bible College to Summit Pacific College does not affect any of the College's rights or obligations, or render defective any legal proceedings by or against it, and any legal proceedings that may have been continued or commenced by or against it under its former name may be continued or commenced by or against it under its new name. Commencement 6 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Queen's Plinter for British Columbia0 Victoria. 2003