Inebriates Act Amendment Act 1919 (WA)

1919.] Inebriates. [No. 29.

INEBRIATES.

GEo. V., No. XVII.

No. 29 of 1919.

AN ACT to amend the Inebriates Act, 1912.

[Assented to 26th November, 1919.]

B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, byCouncil and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, inand with the advice and consent of the Legislative

this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of

the same, as follows:-

1. This Act may be cited as the Inebriates Act Amend- Short title.

meat Act, 1919.

2. Section two of the Inebriates Act, 1912 (hereinafter Section 2.

called the principal Act) is hereby amended, as follows

(1.) By the repeal of the definition of "Institution." (2.) By the insertion, in their appropriate places, of

the following definitions :—

"Approved Institution" means a building, place, or establishment approved by the Governor as an in-

stitution under section three A of this Act;

"Government Institution" means a place established by the Governor for the reception, control, and treatment of inebriates;

"Institution" means a Government institution or an

approved institution.

3. The following section is hereby inserted after section Insertionof new

section after

three of the principal Act :— section S.

3A. (1.) The Governor may, by proclamation, declare =Eli

any building, place, or establishment conducted or carried on by any person, or body of persons, society or asso-

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elation, to be an approved institution for the purposes of this Act, and may at any time revoke such proclama- tion.

(2.) Every building, place, or establishment so pro- claimed shall be and continue to be an institution for the purposes of this Act, so long as the proclamation remains in force and unrevoked.

(3.) All plans of buildings or of proposed enlarge- ments or improvements to any such institution or any part thereof shall be submitted to the Inspector General, who shall report thereon in writing to the Minister, and no plan shall be carried into effect without such report as aforesaid.

No person shall be appointed or continue to be the manager or to have the chief control of any approved institution unless with the approval of the Inspector General.

(4.)

Every approved institution shall be open to and may be inspected by the Inspector General at any time.

(5.)

The Inspector General may receive and examine evidence touching any institution and the condition, con- trol, and management thereof and may require, by sum- mons according to the form in the schedule hereto, any person to appear before him at any time and any place to testify and give on oath any such evidence as afore- said.

(6.)

Every person who does not appear pursuant to such summons (having had his reasonable expenses and such witness fee as would be allowed him in a local court paid or tendered to him at the time of service of such summons), or does not assign some true and reasonable excuse for not so appearing, or refuses to be sworn or examined shall be liable on summary conviction to a pen- alty not exceeding ten pounds.

(7.)

The Inspector General may also examine on oath any person appearing before him as a witness, although no such summons as aforesaid may have been served on such person.

(8.)

Amendment of

section 5. 4. Section five of the principal Act is hereby amended by

the insertion of the word "Government" before the word

"institutions," at the beginning of the section.

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5. All copies of the principal Act hereinafter printed by	reprints of
Citation and
principal Acts

the Government Printer shall be printed as altered by this	and amend.
Act, under the supervision of the Clerk of Parliaments, and	meats.
all necessary reference to this amending Act shall be made in the margin. In any such reprint the short title shall be altered to the "Inebriates Act, 1912-19," by which title the principal Act and this Act may be cited together.

SCHEDULE.

The Inebriates Act, 1912-19.

To

I, , Inspector General of Institutions for Inebriates, hereby summon and require you personally to appear before

me at on the day of

19 , at o'clock in the noon, then and there to be

examined and to testify the truth touching the

institution and the condition, control, and management thereof : And take

notice that any neglect or refusal to obey this summons, without reasonable

excuse, will be punishable by a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

Dated this day of , 19

Inspector General.