substituted therefor requiring the written authority of the 

 Minister before taking wild fur-bearing animals in the natural 

 state for the purpose of transferring such animals to fur farms. 



Section 61 of the Act was amended by adding a new sub- 

 section la requiring the payment of the royalty prescribed 

 by the regulations before transferring any fur-bearing animal 

 taken under section 59 to a fur farm. 



This Act came into force on June 17, 1971, and appears in 

 the 1971 annual statutes as Chapter 30. 



THE GANANOQUE LANDS 

 AMENDMENT ACT, 1971 



The Cananoque Lands Act, 1961-62, was amended by add- 

 ing a new section 3a providing for an alternative method of 

 disposal of the ungranted part of the lands described in the 

 Schedule to the Act. 



This Act came into force on May 28, 1971, and appears in 

 the 1971 annual statutes as Chapter 18. 



THE PROVINCIAL PARKS 



AMENDMENT ACT, 1971 



The Provincial Parks Act was amended by adding a new 



section 11a which provides for the erection of stop signs at 



entrances to and intersections in provincial parks. 



This Act came into force on May 28, 1971, and appears in 

 the 1971 annual statutes as Chapter 16. 



THE PUBLIC LANDS 

 AMENDMENT ACT, 1971 



Subsections 2 and 3 of section 16 of The Public Lands Act 

 were amended to make the provisions thereof applicable to 

 a person who causes a building or structure to be erected or 

 causes to be made any improvement on lands designated by 

 the Minister as a restricted area without first obtaining a 

 permit. 



Section 27a of the Act was amended making it an offence 

 to deposit or cause to be deposited any material, substance 

 or thing on public lands whether or not covered with water 

 or ice, or both, without the written consent of the Minister 

 or of an officer authorized by the Minister. 



Subsections 1 and 2 of section 27b of the Act were 

 amended to permit the Department to control and govern 

 the use of public lands by the erection of signs, and not 

 merely to prohibit the use of such lands. New subsection 2 

 provides a penalty for the contravention of the provisions of 

 subsection 1. 



Section 31 of the Act was amended to clarify the applica- 



tion and intent of the section. Where defective letters patent 

 are cancelled and corrected letters patent issued in their 

 stead, the corrected letters patent shall have the effect of 

 correcting every instrument made prior to the date of such 

 corrected letters patent by the patentee or any person claim- 

 ing under or through him. Corrected letters patent may be 

 issued notwithstanding that the land has been registered 

 under The Land Titles Act. 



A new Part iV, consisting of sections 74 to 78 inclusive, 

 was added to the Act which has the effect of assigning to 

 the Minister of Lands and Forests the administration and 

 control of the construction and maintenance of dams. Pro- 

 vision is made for the expropriation of required lands under 

 The Public Works Act and for the Minister to enter into 

 agreements to effect the purposes of this Part. In the event 

 of a declared emergency the Minister is given powers to 

 enter and use any lands, alter natural or artificial features of 

 land, construct or use roads on any land, construct sidings, 

 water pipes, conduits or tracks on any lands or place on or 

 remove from any lands any substance or structure. Any of 

 these powers may be exercised immediately notwithstanding 

 any provision of The Expropriations Act, 1968-69. 



This Act came into force on July 23, 1971, and appears in 

 the 1971 annual statutes as Chapter 46. 



THE SURVEYS AMENDMENT ACT, 1971 



In clauses / and k of subsection 2 of section 31 of The Surveys 

 Act the word "establish" was changed to "re-establish." 



Clauses a and fa of section 34 of the Act were amended to 

 transpose the townships of Eastnor, Lindsay and St. Edmunds 

 in the County of Bruce from clause a to clause b with the 

 result that in these Townships the side lines of unrun town- 

 ship lots will be surveyed on the astronomical course of the 

 appropriate side. 



Section 56 of the Act was amended by adding new sub- 

 section 4a to provide for the situation where only part of the 

 width of a road allowance is closed. In such case the whole 

 width of the closed part belongs to the owners whose lands 

 abut thereon. 



Section 60 of the Act was amended by adding a new sub- 

 section 2 to permit regulations to be limited territorially or 

 as to time or otherwise. 



This Act came into force on July 23, 1971, and appears in 

 the 1971 annual statutes as Chapter 53. 



THE CIVIL RIGHTS STATUTE LAW 

 AMENDMENT ACT, 1971 



A number of statutes administered by the Department were 



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