Millar College of the Bible Act

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Millar College of the Bible Act

[SBC 2016] CHAPTER 22

Assented to May 19, 2016

Contents
	1	Definitions
	2	Object of college
	3	Authority to grant degrees in theology
	4	Not in force
	5	Commencement

WHEREAS Kevin L. Boonstra of the City of Abbotsford, in the Province of British Columbia, has by his petition represented that Millar College of the Bible was incorporated in the Province of Saskatchewan by An Act to incorporate the Millar Memorial Bible Institute, 1944, c. 72, and desires to operate a Bible college in the City of Salmon Arm, in the Province of British Columbia;

AND WHEREAS the Millar College of the Bible is registered as an extraprovincial society under the Society Act;

AND WHEREAS Kevin L. Boonstra has by his petition requested that it be enacted as follows, and it is expedient to grant the request in the petition;

NOW THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1 In this Act:

"college" means the extraprovincial society registered under the Society Act as Millar College of the Bible;

"degree in theology" means recognition of academic achievement in theological studies or in respect of preparation for a religious vocation that is specified in writing to be an associate or baccalaureate degree.

Object of college

2 The object of the college is the establishment of a school for the training of young men and women in a thorough and practical knowledge of the Bible to be used in any form of Christian activity to meet the need, of all the various Evangelical bodies, for trained workers

(a) on the prairies of Western Canada, and

(b) in home and foreign missionary work in general.

Authority to grant degrees in theology

3 Despite the University Act, the college may grant

(a) degrees in theology, including honorary degrees in theology,

(b) diplomas in theology, and

in its own right or jointly with any university, college or other institution of higher learning.

Not in force

4 [Not in force.]

Commencement

5 The provisions of this Act referred to in column 1 of the following table come into force as set out in column 2 of the table:

Item	column 1 Provisions of Act	column 2 Commencement
1	Anything not elsewhere covered by this table	The date of Royal Assent
2	Section 4	On the coming into force of sections 88 and 89 of the Private Training Act, S.B.C. 2015, c. 5