Bill 243 explained in plain English
Trespass to Property Amendment Act (Protecting Consumers from Package Piracy), 2021
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill proposes to amend the Trespass to Property Act to set minimum fines for trespassing with the intent to interfere with or steal mail.
Bill 243, the Trespass to Property Amendment Act (Protecting Consumers from Package Piracy), 2020, proposes to amend Ontario's Trespass to Property Act. The bill aims to establish minimum fines for trespassing when someone enters property with the intent to steal, hold, hide, or destroy mail addressed to another person, with the goal of depriving them of it or defrauding someone. The proposed fines would increase with subsequent convictions.
- Amends the Trespass to Property Act.
- Introduces specific minimum fines for trespassing when the intent is to take, hold, conceal, or destroy mail addressed to another person.
- Defines 'mail' for the purposes of the Act.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on a day proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor.
- Individuals who commit the specified type of trespass.
- Individuals whose mail is the target of such trespass.
- The justice system, through the introduction of minimum fines.
- Individuals committing trespass with intent to interfere with mail face potential fines.
- The bill establishes minimum fines for these offences, increasing with subsequent convictions.
- The Act comes into force on a day to be proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor.
- Establishes minimum fines for specific trespassing offences: not less than $500 for a first conviction, not less than $1,000 for a second conviction, and not less than $2,000 for subsequent convictions. Maximum fines are $10,000 for all convictions.
- These fines are imposed on individuals found guilty of the offence.
- Fines for trespassing with the intent to interfere with mail are set with minimum amounts that increase with each conviction: $500 (first), $1,000 (second), and $2,000 (subsequent).
- The maximum fine for any conviction under these provisions is $10,000.
- The exact date the Act will come into force is not specified, as it depends on a proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor.
- The bill text does not specify who enforces these provisions or the process for laying charges.
Adds new subsections to Section 2 to establish minimum fines for trespassing when the purpose is to interfere with mail, and provides a definition for 'mail'.
Source: Section 1
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