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Definitions

1In this Act

“Board” means the Provincial Advisory Board established under subsection 5(1) or 5.1(1);(Commission)

“Director” means the person designated by the Minister as the Director for the purposes of this Act;(Directeur)

“executive” means the officers of an Institute;(comité de direction)

“Institut féminin” means the Institut féminin francophone du Nouveau-Brunswick;(Women’s Institute)

“Institute” means a Branch Women’s Institute or a Branch Institut féminin incorporated under this Act;(institut)

“institute year” means the period from the first day of April to the thirty-first day of March next following;(année)

“Minister” means the Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries;(Ministre)

“Women’s Institute” means the New Brunswick Women’s Institute.(Institut féminin)

1968, c.13, s.1; 1983, c.96, s.1; 1986, c.8, s.132; 1990, c.11, s.2; 1996, c.25, s.36; 2000, c.26, s.283; 2007, c.10, s.89; 2010, c.31, s.124

Administration

2The Minister shall administer this Act.

1968, c.13, s.2

The New Brunswick Women’s Institute

3There shall be a provincial organization to be known as the “New Brunswick Women’s Institute” that, subject to the approval of the Minister, shall have the power to make a constitution and provide by-laws not inconsistent with this Act, for its own government on provincial, district and branch levels.

1968, c.13, s.3; 1990, c.11, s.3

Continuation of body corporate as Women’s Institute

3.1The body corporate established as the Women’s Institute under the English version of section 3.1 of the Women’s Institute Act, as that section was enacted by section 1 of An Act to Amend the Women’s Institute Act, chapter 55 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1980, and as the Institut féminin under the French version of section 3.1 of the Women’s Institute Act, as that section was enacted by section 1 of An Act to Amend the Women’s Institute Act, chapter 55 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1980, is hereby continued as the Women’s Institute.

1980, c.55, s.1; 1990, c.11, s.4

The Institut féminin francophone du Nouveau-Brunswick

3.2There shall be a provincial organization to be known as the “Institut féminin francophone du Nouveau-Brunswick” that, subject to the approval of the Minister, shall have the power to make a constitution and provide by-laws not inconsistent with this Act, for its own government on provincial, district and branch levels.

1990, c.11, s.5

Institut féminin a body corporate

3.3The Institut féminin is a body corporate.

1990, c.11, s.5

District organizations

4There shall be district organizations consisting of groups of neighbouring Institutes.

1968, c.13, s.4

Provincial Advisory Board in relation to Women’s Institute

5(1)There shall be a Provincial Advisory Board in relation to the Women’s Institute consisting of the Minister or the Minister’s representative, the Director, the executive of the Women’s Institute, the immediate past president of the Women’s Institute and the provincial area directors of the Women’s Institute.

5(2)The officers of the Advisory Board established under subsection (1) shall be ex officio the officers of the Women’s Institute.

5(3)The Board shall advise the Minister in matters arising in connection with the Women’s Institute and shall attend to such matters as may be directed or authorized by the constitution and by-laws of the New Brunswick Women’s Institute or by resolution thereof.

1968, c.13, s.5; 1990, c.11, s.6

Provincial Advisory Board in relation to the Institut féminin

5.1(1)There shall be a Provincial Advisory Board in relation to the Institut féminin consisting of the Minister or the Minister’s representative, the Director, the executive of the Institut féminin, the immediate past president of the Institut féminin and the provincial area directors of the Institut féminin.

5.1(2)The officers of the Advisory Board established under subsection (1) shall be ex officio the officers of the Institut féminin.

5.1(3)The Board shall advise the Minister in matters arising in connection with the Institut féminin and shall attend to such matters as may be directed or authorized by the constitution and by-laws of the Institut féminin francophone du Nouveau-Brunswick or by resolution thereof.

1990, c.11, s.7

Meetings of Boards

5.2The members of both Provincial Advisory Boards shall meet at least once a year at the call of the Director.

1990, c.11, s.7

Branch Institutes

6The Institutes serving communities shall be Branch Institutes of the Women’s Institute or of the Institut féminin, as the case may be.

1968, c.13, s.6; 1990, c.11, s.8

Objects of Institutes

7The objects of the Women’s Institute and of the Institut féminin are:

(a) to raise the standard and develop a greater appreciation of homemaking,

(b) to develop better informed, happier and more efficient citizens,

(c) to develop a more abundant life in communities,

(d) to discover, stimulate and develop leadership, and

(e) to promote national and international understanding, tolerance and goodwill.

1968, c.13, s.7; 1990, c.11, s.9

Institutes to be nonsectarian, nonpartisan and nonracial

8(1)The Women’s Institute and the Institut féminin shall be nonsectarian, nonpartisan and nonracial.

Motto of Women’s Institute

8(2)The motto of the Women’s Institute is “For home and Country”.

Motto of the Institut féminin

8(3)The motto of the Institut féminin is “Pour le foyer et pour la patrie”.

1968, c.13, s.8; 1990, c.11, s.10

Designation of director

9(1)The Minister shall designate a person as Director for the purposes of this Act.

Appointment of Institute officers by Cabinet

9(2)On the recommendation of the Minister, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint other officers to assist in carrying out this Act.

1968, c.13, s.9; 1990, c.11, s.11

Incorporation of Institute already in existence

10(1)The Minister may declare an Institute already in existence but not incorporated under this Act, to be incorporated under this Act and thereafter this Act applies to that Institute.

Associations, clubs, etc. deemed Institutes

10(2)A voluntary association, club, institute, organization or society formed for the objects of this Act but not incorporated under

(a) Chapter 18 of 12 George V, 1922,

(b) Chapter 95 of the Revised Statutes, 1927,

(c) Chapter 15 of 25 George V, 1935, or

(d) Chapter 253 of the Revised Statutes, 1952,

is deemed to be an Institute already in existence.

Associations, clubs, etc. deemed Institutes

10(3)Subject to subsection (1), anything done by a voluntary association, club, institute, organization or society is deemed to have been done by an Institute already in existence.

1968, c.13, s.10; 1970, c.50, s.1

Incorporation of Institute

11(1)An Institute shall be incorporated in the manner set forth in subsections (2) and (3).

11(2)Not less than eight women who are at least eighteen years of age and resident of the community to be served by the proposed Institute, shall sign an application, in the form prescribed by regulation, containing the information indicated as required thereby and forward the application to the Director.

11(3)Each applicant shall pay her membership fees as her first annual subscription to the funds of the proposed Institute and the money shall be paid to and held by one of the subscribers to the application referred to in subsection (2) in trust for the proposed Institute.

1968, c.13, s.11; 1990, c.11, s.12

Organizational meetings of Institute

12(1)When the application referred to in subsection 11(2) has been approved by the Minister, the Director shall call a meeting of the subscribers to that application and any others who are qualified to become members of the proposed Institute.

12(2)The meeting referred to in subsection (1) shall be the organizational meeting of the Institute.

12(3)Within two weeks after the organizational meeting referred to in subsection (2), the secretary of that meeting shall forward to the Director a list of the members, executive and committees elected or appointed at that meeting.

1968, c.13, s.12; 1990, c.11, s.13

Certificate of incorporation

13Where the Minister approves the application referred to in subsection 11(2), he may issue a certificate of incorporation, in the form prescribed by regulation, which shall be registered in the office of the Director and then forwarded to the subscribers to the application to be entered in the minute book of the Institute.

1968, c.13, s.13; 1990, c.11, s.14

Certificate of incorporation

14Upon the issue of the certificate referred to in section 13, the Institute shall be a body corporate with the name set forth in that certificate.

1968, c.13, s.14

Organization of Institutes by a member of the Board

15Any member of either Provincial Advisory Board may, with the approval of the Director, organize an Institute and the Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries shall pay the expenses incurred thereby.

1968, c.13, s.15; 1986, c.8, s.132; 1990, c.11, s.15; 1996, c.25, s.36; 2010, c.31, s.124

Change of name of Institute

16(1)When an Institute obtains a certificate of approval to change its name from the Minister, that Institute may change its name.

16(2)The certificate referred to in subsection (1) shall be registered in the office of the Director and entered in the minute book of the Institute in the same manner as the original certificate of incorporation.

1968, c.13, s.16; 1990, c.11, s.16

Power of Institute respecting property

17An Institute may hold such real and personal property as may be necessary for its objects and may receive and hold real and personal property by grant, gift, legacy or devise, and subject to this Act may use the same or any part thereof in furtherance of its objects and may dispose of any part of the same not necessary for its objects.

1968, c.13, s.17

Power of Institute respecting property

18(1)The executive shall not sell, mortgage, let or dispose of any real property of the Institute

(a) unless authorized to do so by a resolution passed at a special meeting of the Institute

(i) called for the purpose of considering the resolution, and

(ii) of which one month’s notice has been given by the secretary of the Institute, and

(b) unless the resolution is approved by the Minister.

18(2)Subsection (1) does not prohibit the executive from letting premises for a meeting or convention if such letting does not interfere with the business or meeting of that Institute.

1968, c.13, s.18; 1990, c.11, s.17

Annual meeting of Institute

19(1)Subject to subsection (2), an Institute shall hold its annual meeting during the month of April at the time and place as has been set by a resolution passed at a meeting of the Institute.

19(2)The secretary of the Institute shall give at least one week’s notice of the meeting at which the resolution to fix the time and place of the annual meeting of the Institutes is to be considered.

1968, c.13, s.19

Dissolution of Institute by Minister

20Where for two consecutive years an Institute does not make the returns required by its by-laws to the Director, the Minister may dissolve the Institute.

1968, c.13, s.20; 1990, c.11, s.18

Dissolution of Institute by Minister

21Where it is made to appear to the Minister that an Institute should be dissolved, he may order that, after a day to be named by him, the certificate of incorporation of that Institute shall be cancelled, and upon such order being filed in the manner provided herein for the filing of a certificate of incorporation, the Institute shall cease to exist, subject however to any liabilities previously incurred.

1968, c.13, s.21; 1990, c.11, s.19

Liquidator

22Upon the dissolution of an Institute, the Minister may appoint a liquidator to adjust and settle the assets and liabilities of the Institute and that liquidator with the approval of the Minister shall have the power to sell, dispose of, transfer and convert into money all the assets and property of the Institute and to apply that money in payment, first of his remuneration to be fixed by the Minister, secondly of the liabilities of the Institute, and thirdly the surplus, if any, shall be held in trust by the Minister for Institute work in the locality in which the money was raised and at the end of ten years any amount not used for these purposes shall be paid into the Women’s Institute Fund or the Fund of the Institut féminin, as the case may be.

1968, c.13, s.22; 1990, c.11, s.20

Dissolution of Institute by special resolution

23An Institute by special resolution passed at a meeting of the Institute of which one month’s notice has been given by the secretary of the Institute, may surrender its certificate of incorporation and the Minister after being satisfied

(a) that sufficient notice of the Institute’s intention has been given,

(b) that no debts or liabilities of the Institute are outstanding, and

(c) that all assets have been disposed of,

may accept the surrender of the certificate, cancel it and fix the day on which the Institute shall be dissolved.

1968, c.13, s.23

Annual grant

24The Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries shall, out of money appropriated for the purpose, pay to the General Fund of the Women’s Institute and to the General Fund of the Institut féminin, an annual grant, to be fixed by or in accordance with the regulations, to be used for the promotion and operation of the Women’s Institute or the Institut féminin, as the case may be.

1968, c.13, s.24; 1973, c.64, s.1; 1986, c.8, s.132; 1990, c.11, s.21; 1996, c.25, s.36; 2010, c.31, s.124

Regulations

25(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations

(a) respecting the annual grant to be paid to the General Fund of the Women’s Institute and to the General Fund of the Institut féminin pursuant to section 24;

(b) prescribing the forms required under this Act; and

(c) generally for the better administration and carrying out of the objects of this Act.

25(2)Repealed: 1983, c.8, s.35

1968, c.13, s.25; 1973, c.64, s.2; 1973, c.74, s.80; 1983, c.8, s.35; 1990, c.11, s.22

N.B. This Act is consolidated to February 9, 2015.

W-11 - Women’s Institute and Institut féminin Act

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