HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-03-13OS-IAWA, ONTARIO
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The Corporton of the Tbwn of Newcatle
4O Temperance Street,
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Attenta.on.• ; s Gertrude E0 Ga
D 'Duty Clerk •
by by -J4 bL1d
otherwise be un1awfu
. _ 4-1^ d6y.aPP. of (before
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to enge in ayub1ic game or contest for an
ar for any prize or reward or to be presarit tbareat
by-law) the ornary proviaon of
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Provincial
to the periods 0±' tirtie when the by'-iaw does not afternoon n the cases menJioned in the Lord7s Day Act af Canda apply. That Act contain certain proubtions
reads as foUo
176 (i) it is not 1wfu1 Thrany erson ou the Lord's Day,
ecept as provided in any
rt wi- Or seen thcr'efoi..c • that... prox h� i
of Section 6 relates to"public gamed or contests for gain a c woaJ{d nod,
therefore, apply .to'' the same ::acts if they were Heti carri.ed ori for ;gain:•;
The ,ord's Day :Act of Canada q:s an exercise by
the ;.Feder `al Government of its 304diotion in relation .to crim�na' Iaw
Thi only virtue of the ,or:.d'a,
Day,.Act (Ontario), -at as',able to pass the by 'iaua which it his already'
passed, copies'of which :you forwarded to me. The enforcement of the Lord'a
Day Act i s not'' a matter ;w th respect to ?;the municipality as such, has any `
jur sd�ction whatsoever .and, in fact, under. Section 16. of the ford's bay
Act' of Canadan,' no action or :prosecutiocan;, commenced •without:.the leave
of the a ttorney General of the Province' or his �wfu1 deputyo
,lt would seem, .'thereforej,>; �f any grp�.p feels that,
the :Lord.''s pay -Act is beim v ol,ated� tYeir proper ..recourse s to;;seek .
heave from the:.Attorney General of ,Ontar;to to proceed with the arazaina
offence thereby created and, as previously me nt:i.oned, the municipality-. has;
no.:,status in:: the miatter. '•