Cemeteries Protection Act (amended)

BILL NO. 86

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
59 Elizabeth II, 2010

Private Member's Bill

Cemeteries Protection Act
(amended)

The Honourable Cecil P. Clarke
Cape Breton North

First Reading: November 8, 2010

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill

(a) changes the title of the Cemeteries Protection Act to include monuments;

(b) amends the Act to include the protection of monuments; and

(c) enables a portion of the fines collected under the Act to be used for the repair and upkeep of gravestones and other monuments.

An Act to Amend Chapter 9
of the Acts of 1998,
the Cemeteries Protection Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 The title of Chapter 9 of the Acts of 1998, the Cemeteries Protection Act, is amended by adding "and Monuments" immediately after "Cemeteries".

2 Section 1 of Chapter 9 is amended by adding "and Monuments" immediately after "Cemeteries"

3 Section 2 of Chapter 9 is amended by

(a) striking out the period at the end of clause (c) and substituting a semicolon; and

(b) adding immediately after clause (c) the following clause:

(d) "monument" means land or a structure set aside to commemorate an event, an individual or a group.

4 Section 5 of Chapter 9 is amended by

(a) adding "or monument" immediately after "cemetery" in the third line; and

(b) striking out "visits" in the fourth line and substituting "or monument visits, as the case may be".

5 Section 9 of Chapter 9 is amended by adding "or monument" immediately after "cemetery" in the second line.

6 Section 5 of Chapter 9 is amended by

(a) striking out "two" in the third line and substituting "twenty"; and

(b) striking out "six months" in the fourth line and substituting "two years less a day".

7 Subsection 12(1) of Chapter 9 is amended by adding immediately after clause (a) the following clause:

(aa) establishing a special fund for the repair and general upkeep of gravestones and other monuments and providing for the payment into the fund of a portion of the fines collected under this Act;

8 The moneys required for the purpose of this Act must be paid out of moneys appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature.

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