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First
Session, 48th General Assembly 65
Elizabeth II, 2016 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE
VICTIMS OF CRIME SERVICES ACT |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................................................. |
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Royal Assent...................................................................................................................................... |
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HONOURABLE
ANDREW PARSONS Minister of Justice and Public Safety and Attorney
General |
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Ordered
to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE This Bill would amend the Victims of Crime Services Act to increase the victim fine surcharge from 15% to 30%. |
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A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE VICTIMS OF CRIME SERVICES ACT Analysis 1.
S.11.1 Amdt. 2. Commencement Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSNL1990 c.V-5 1. Subsection 11.1(1) of the Victims of Crime Services Act is repealed and the following substituted: Victim fine surcharge 11.1 (1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under an Act of the province and a fine is imposed as a penalty for that conviction, that person shall, in addition to the fine, pay a victim fine surcharge that is 30% of the fine imposed on that person. Commencement 2. This Act comes into force on September 1, 2016. ©Queen's Printer |