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MS. MARY POLAK
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
1 Section 2 (2) (a) of the Name Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 328, is repealed and the following is substituted:
(a) a change in the surname of one spouse to the surname of the other spouse or to a surname consisting of the surnames of both spouses, hyphenated or combined; .
2 Section 3 is amended by striking out "or" at the end of paragraph (b), by adding ", or" at the end of paragraph (c) and by adding the following paragraph:
(d) use a surname consisting of the surnames of both spouses, hyphenated or combined.
3 This Act comes into force on the date of Royal Assent.