UNEDITED The Revised Statutes Act, 1906 being Chapter 45 of the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1906 (Assented to May 26, 1906). REFERENCE ONLY FOR HISTORICAL NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. Table of Contents 1 Short title 2 Lieutenant Governor in Council may issue commission to revise Ordinances of N.W.T. and consolidate as Statutes of Saskatchewan 3 Arrangement of consolidated Statutes 4 May arrange for payment of expenses of consolidation 5 May alter language FOR HISTORICAL REFERENCE ONLY FOR HISTORICAL 1906 CHAPTER 45 An Act to authorise the Revision of the Ordinances of the North‑West Territories and the Acts of the Province of Saskatchewan and to consolidate the same as the Statutes of Saskatchewan [Assented to May 26, 1906] WHEREAS in and by The Saskatchewan Act being chapter 42 of the Acts of the Parliament of Canada passed in the session thereof held in the 4th and 5th years of the reign of his Majesty King Edward the Seventh the Province of Saskatchewan was established on the first day of September one thousand nine hundred and five; And whereas in and by the said Act it was amongst other things enacted that: “All laws and all order and regulations made thereunder so far as they are not inconsistent with anything contained in this Act or as to which this Act contains no provision intended as a substitute therefor and all courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction and all commissions, powers, authorities and functions and all officers REFERENCE ONLY FOR HISTORICAL and functionaries, judicial, administrative and ministerial existing immediately before the coming into force of this Act in the territory hereby established as the Province of Saskatchewan shall continue in the said province as if this Act and The Alberta Act had not been passed; subject nevertheless except with respect to such as are enacted by or existing under Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain or of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to be repealed, abolished or altered by the Parliament of Canada or by the Legislature of the said province according to the authority of the Parliament or of the said Legislature: “Provided that all powers, authorities and functions which under any law, order or regulation were before the coming into force of this Act vested in or exercisable by any public officer or functionary of the North‑West Territories shall be vested in and exercisable in and for the said province by like public officers and functionaries of the said province when appointed by competent authority;” And whereas it is expedient that measures should be adopted for revising the Ordinances of the North‑West Territories and consolidating the said Ordinances as Statutes of Saskatchewan and for adding to and including in the said revision and consolidation all Acts of the Province of Saskatchewan passed since the first day of September one thousand nine hundred and five and prior to the final completion of the said revision and consolidation: Therefore his Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan enacts as follows: Short title 1 This Act may be cited as “The Revised Statutes Act 1906.” 4 c. 45 REVISED STATUTES ACT 1906 Lieutenant Governor in Council may issue commission to revise Ordinances of N.W.T. and consolidate as Statutes of Saskatchewan 2 It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant Governor in Council to issue a commission under the Great Seal to two or more persons constituting them commissioners for revising and consolidating the Ordinances of the North‑West Territories in the form of Statutes of the province and for adding to and including in such revision and consolidation all Acts of the province passed since the first day of September one thousand nine hundred and five and prior to the final completion of the said revision and consolidation; and from time to time in case of the death or refusal or incapacity to act of any of the said commissioners to appoint some other person or persons to be a commissioner or commissioners as aforesaid to accomplish the purposes of this Act. Arrangement of consolidated Statutes 3 The said commissioners shall be and they are hereby authorised and empowered to prepare and arrange for publication the said revised and consolidated Statutes of Saskatchewan, to omit therefrom all such Ordinances and Acts and parts thereof which have expired, been repealed or had their effect and all Ordinances and Acts and parts thereof repealing any or any parts of any Ordinance or Act and the schedules of all such repealed or repealing Ordinances and Acts and to alter the numbers of REFERENCE ONLY FOR HISTORICAL the Ordinances or Acts that shall be in force at the time of the completion of their work by the said commissioners and the arrangement of the different sections thereof where necessary or advisable and to revise and alter the language thereof where necessary or desirable so as to give a better expression of the spirit and meaning of the law but not so as to change the sense of any enactment and to frame new provisions and suggestions for the improvement of the laws and a comprehensive index for the whole. May arrange for payment of expenses of consolidation 4 It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make provision for the payment of such sums as may be fixed by order or orders in council not exceeding the moneys to be appropriated from time to time by the Legislature for such purposes as remuneration or honorarium to the said commissioners and also for such further charges and expenses as shall be incurred, laid out and expended in and about the work of such revision and consolidation and the printing and binding of such Revised Statutes or incident thereto. May alter language 5 The said commissioners in revising and consolidating the said Ordinanres and Statutes may make such alterations in their language as are requisite in order to preserve a uniform mode of expression and may make such minor amendments as are necessary to bring out more clearly what they deem to have been the intention of the Legislative Assembly or to reconcile seemingly inconsistent enactments or to correct clerical or typographical errors and they may omit from said revision and consolidation any Ordinances or Acts or parts thereof which although public general Ordinances or Acts have reference only to a particular place or municipality and have no general application throughout the province. Regina, Saskatchewan Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER.