OIC Number: 2026 - 19

Date of Order: Jan 20, 2026

Statute: Civil Forfeiture Act

Interpretation Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice dated January 9, 2026, and pursuant to

Section 77 of the

Schedule to

Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2025, the Civil Forfeiture Act , and subsection 24(1) of

Chapter 235 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the

Interpretation Act , is pleased, effective on and after January 20, 2026, to: (

a) repeal the Distribution of Civil Forfeiture Funds Regulations , N.S. Reg. 196/2011, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2011-192 dated May 31, 2011; (

b) repeal the Civil Forfeiture Regulations , N.S. Reg. 197/2011, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2011-193 dated May 31, 2011; and (

c) make new regulations respecting civil forfeiture, in the form set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation.

Department(s): Justice and Attorney General