An Act to Amend Section Two of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty-Six, Entitled "An Act for the Purpose of Empowering Provincial Boards to Subpoena Witnesses and to Require Testimony Under Oath in Conducting Certain Investigations, and for Other Purposes," by Extending the Authority of the Governor-General to Disqualify from Holding Office All Officials Removed for Cause

August 14, 1907

ACT NO. 1682

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EMPOWERING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO SUBPOENA WITNESSES AND TO REQUIRE TESTIMONY UNDER OATH IN CONDUCTING CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO DISQUALIFY FROM HOLDING OFFICE ALL OFFICIALS REMOVED FOR CAUSE

SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and twenty-six is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. In all cases where an official shall be removed from office for cause by the action of any official or branch of the Government, the Governor-General is hereby empowered, in his discretion, to declare such official disqualified thereafter from holding office. Such disqualification may be either special or general and either temporary or permanent." cSaATC

SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, August 14, 1907.