BILL NO. 482
(as passed)
1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
3 Charles III, 2024
Private Member's Bill
Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act
CHAPTER 8 OF THE ACTS OF 2024
Claudia Chender
Dartmouth South
First Reading: September 12, 2024 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: September 12, 2024
Third Reading: September 12, 2024
Royal Assent: September 20, 2024
An Act to Declare Intimate
Partner Violence an Epidemic
AND WHEREAS Recommendation V.14 of the Report recommends that “All levels of government in Canada declare gender-based, intimate partner, and family violence to be an epidemic that warrants a meaningful and sustained society-wide response”;
AND WHEREAS, according to the Report, the use of the term “epidemic” underscores the fact that “gender-based, intimate partner, and family violence continue to be excessively prevalent in Nova Scotia”;
AND WHEREAS over 40 per cent of Canadian women will experience intimate partner violence in their lifetimes;
THEREFORE be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Intimate Partner Violence Epidemic Act.
2 The Government of the Province shall recognize that intimate partner violence is an epidemic in the Province.
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