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Municipal Government Act (amended)

BILL NO. 42

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003



Private Member's Bill



Municipal Government Act
(amended)



Howard Epstein
Halifax Chebucto



First Reading: April 29, 2003

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill amends the Municipal Government Act to ensure that there are no fewer than 23 councillors for the Halifax Regional Municpality.

An Act to Amend Chapter 18
of the Acts of 1998,
the Municipal Government Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 368 of Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1998, the Municipal Government Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 369 the following Section:

369A Nothwithstanding Sections 368 and 369, the minimum number of councillors for the Halifax Regional Municipality is twenty-three.


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