BILL NO. 429

(as introduced)

1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
2 Charles III, 2024

 

Private Member's Bill

 

Justice System Improvement Act

 

Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin
Cumberland North

First Reading: March 7, 2024

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

 

An Act to Increase Funding to the Justice System

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 This Act may be cited as the Justice System Improvement Act.

2 Subject to Section 3, the Government shall increase the funding provided to the justice system in the Province such that

(a) more judges may be appointed to the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia; and

(b) more Crown attorneys may be hired,

for the purpose of decreasing the total amount of time that cases take to proceed through the Provincial Court.

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

 

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