BILL NO. 234

(as introduced)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
54 Elizabeth II, 2005

Private Member's Bill

Motor Vehicle Act
(amended)

Diana Whalen
Halifax Clayton Park

First Reading: October 17, 2005

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill doubles the fines under the Motor Vehicle Act for exceeding the speed limit or failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk in a school zone or playground zone.

1 Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 103 the following Section:

103A Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where a person is guilty of speeding in a school zone or playground zone or failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk in a school zone or playground zone the fine is twice the fine set out for the offence in this Act.