BILL NO. 278
(as introduced)
1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
1 Charles III, 2023
Private Member's Bill
Non-disclosure Agreement Prohibition Act
Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
Cumberland North
First Reading: March 28, 2023
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act Prohibiting Non-disclosure Agreements
with Political Parties
1 This Act may be cited as the Non-disclosure Agreement Prohibition Act.
2 In this Act,(a) "complainant" means a person who has, or alleges to have, experienced sexual assault or harassment by a member of a political party;
(b) "member of a political party" includes a member of the House of Assembly, an employee of a caucus office and a staff member employed by a Provincial political party;
(c) "non-disclosure agreement" means an agreement between a complainant and a respondent or a responsible party that prohibits or restricts a complainant from disclosing information concerning sexual assault or harassment or alleged sexual assault or harassment that the complainant has experienced;
(d) "respondent" means a member of a political party who committed or is alleged to have committed sexual assault or harassment against the complainant;
(e) "responsible party" means a member of a political party who has a legal obligation to take reasonable steps to terminate sexual assault and harassment in the place where sexual assault and harassment occurred or is alleged to have occurred.
3 No respondent and no responsible party may enter into a non-disclosure agreement with a complainant.
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