BILL NO. 199
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
68 Elizabeth II, 2019
Private Member's Bill
House of Assembly Act
(amended)
Tim Houston
Pictou East
First Reading: October 15, 2019
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill lowers the time in which a writ for a by-election must be issued after a seat in the House of Assembly becomes vacant from six months to 30 days.
An Act to Amend Chapter 1
(1992 Supplement)
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the House of Assembly Act,
Respecting By-elections
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Subsection 10(1) of Chapter 1 (1992 Supplement) of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the House of Assembly Act, as amended by Chapter 7 of the Acts of 2016, is further amended by striking out "six months" in the third line and substituting "thirty days".
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