BILL 29

An Act to Amend the Commissioners for Taking Affidavits Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Section 5 of the Commissioners for Taking Affidavits Act, chapter 127 of the Revised Statutes, 2011, is amended by adding after subsection (4) the following:

5( 5) There is no fee payable for the appointment as a commissioner of oaths or for the renewal of an appointment as a commissioner of oaths of the following persons, if the appointment or the renewal of the appointment is made on the recommendation of a deputy head:

(a)  an employee as defined in the Civil Service Act; and

(b)  a person appointed to the Civil Service under section 17 or 18 of the Civil Service Act.

2 This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.