Bill 36 explained in plain English
Respecting Private Property Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This Act amends the Trespass to Property Act to introduce a minimum fine for trespassing and increase the maximum damages a court can award to $25,000.
Bill 36, the Respecting Private Property Act, 2014, amends the Trespass to Property Act in Ontario. It changes the penalties for trespassing by introducing a minimum fine and increases the maximum amount of damages a court can award for trespassing. The Act comes into force on Royal Assent.
- Amends the Trespass to Property Act.
- Introduces a minimum fine of $500 for trespassing.
- Increases the maximum amount of damages a court can award for trespassing from $1,000 to $25,000.
- States that the Act comes into force upon receiving Royal Assent.
- Individuals convicted of trespassing under the Trespass to Property Act.
- Courts in Ontario when awarding damages related to trespassing.
- Introduces a minimum fine of $500 for trespassing.
- Increases the maximum civil damages a court can award for trespassing to $25,000.
- The Act comes into force on Royal Assent.
- Introduces a minimum fine of $500 for trespassing.
- Increases the maximum damages awardable by a court for trespassing to $25,000.
- A person convicted of trespassing will be liable to a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $2,000.
- The exact date of Royal Assent is not specified, but the Act comes into force on that date.
Increases the maximum court-awarded damages for trespassing.
Source: Section 2
Changes the penalty for trespassing from a maximum fine of $2,000 to a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $2,000.
Source: Section 1
Increases the maximum amount for which a court can award damages against a person convicted of trespassing from $1,000 to $25,000.
Source: Section 2
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