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Summary Proceedings Act

BILL NO. 88

(as passed)

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



Government Bill



Summary Proceedings Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 75 OF THE ACTS OF 2010



The Honourable Ross Landry
Minister of Justice



First Reading: November 8, 2010 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: December 9, 2010

Third Reading: December 10, 2010

Royal Assent: December 10, 2010

An Act to Amend Chapter 450
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Summary Proceedings Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 (1) Section 2 of Chapter 26 of the Acts of 2010, An Act to Amend Chapter 450 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Summary Proceedings Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following subsection:

(1A) Subsection 8(10) of Chapter 450 is amended by striking out "19" in the last line and substituting "20".

(2) Subclause 8(13A)(a)(ii) of Chapter 450, as enacted by Chapter 26, is amended by

(a) adding "or where no penalty is specified in the summons" immediately before "file" in the third line; and

(b) adding "and include in the form the person's mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address" immediately after "penalty" in the last line.

(3) Section 2 of Chapter 26 is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following subsection:

(2A) Section 8 of Chapter 450 is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (14) the following subsection:

(14A) Subsections (13A) to (13F) and (15) to (21) do not apply to a young person to whom the Youth Justice Act applies.

2 Chapter 26 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 5 the following Section:

5A Notwithstanding Sections 2 to 4, those Sections do not apply to a ticket summons served before the coming into force of this Act and, for greater certainty, Chapter 450 shall be read, interpreted and construed with respect to any such ticket summons and related information and proceedings as if it was not amended by those Sections.

3 (1) Subsection 13(1) of Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2001, the Youth Justice Act, is is amended by striking out "Subject to subsection (2), and except" in the first line and substituting "Except".

(2) Subsection 13(2) of Chapter 38 is repealed.

 


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