✨ Legislative Programme
The legislative programme which will be submitted for your
consideration will include Bills dealing with the Armed Forces, Local
Government, Housing, and Education. A Criminal Justice Bill
designed to protect society against hardened criminals and to promote
the reformation of younger offenders will be laid before you, along
with a Penal Institutions Bill, the purpose of which is to consolidate
and amend the law relating to prisons and borstal institutions. Bills
to amend the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1928, the Domestic
Proceedings Act 1939, and the law relating to the adoption of children
will also be submitted for your consideration.
The Law Revision Committee, assisting my Minister of Justice,
has continued its examination of suggested reforms in the law, and it is
expected that one recommendation of the Committee, a Defamation
Bill, will be presented to you this session.
You will be asked to consider a Bill modifying the law relating to
disqualification of a member of a local authority with which he has
entered into a contract, and also a Bill endowing County Councils with
more adequate powers in regard to housing. A Rating Amendment
Bill to simplify procedure for the sale of abandoned properties will also
be included in the legislative programme for this session.
It will be remembered that, in conformity with the recommendations
of the Patents Commission, which sat in 1950, three new Acts
dealing with Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks, respectively, were
passed last session. A fourth Bill in this series, namely, a Merchandise
Marks Bill, will, as foreshadowed last year, be placed before you this
session. Proposals to amend the Pharmacy Act 1939 will be submitted
for your consideration, and you will also be asked to consider
legislation designed to minimize delays that might arise in the
operations of the Tasman Pulp and Paper Company through the
restrictions which the present law would impose on its use of the
waters of the Tarawera River.
You will be asked to consider a Bill revising and consolidating the
Labour Department Act 1908 and its amendments. My Government
also proposes to introduce two minor amendments to the Military
Training Act 1949 and a small amendment to the Workers'
Compensation Act.
Consolidating legislation will include the Land and Income Tax
Act, the Marriage Act, the Family Protection Act, the War Pensions
Act, the Municipal Corporations Act, and the Industrial Conciliation
and Arbitration Act.
I earnestly pray that, with God's blessing, your deliberations on
all these matters may prove to the lasting benefit of the people of
New Zealand.
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🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationLegislation, Criminal Justice, Penal Institutions, Divorce, Matrimonial Causes, Domestic Proceedings, Adoption of Children, Defamation, Local Authorities, Housing, Rating, Patents, Designs, Trade Marks, Merchandise Marks, Pharmacy Act, Tasman Pulp and Paper Company, Tarawera River, Labour Department, Military Training Act, Workers' Compensation Act, Land and Income Tax Act, Marriage Act, Family Protection Act, War Pensions Act, Municipal Corporations Act, Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act