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Bill 41, Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Helmet Exemption for Sikh Motorcyclists), 2018

Sarkaria, Hon. Prabmeet Singh

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

Currently,

section 104 of the Highway Traffic Act requires

persons riding or operating a motorcycle or motor assisted bicycle on a highway

to wear a helmet. The Bill exempts members of the Sikh religion who have

unshorn hair and who habitually wear turbans from the requirement to wear a

helmet.

Bill 41 2018

Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act to exempt Sikh motorcyclists from the

requirement to wear a helmet

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Subsection 104 (1) of the Highway Traffic

Act is amended by striking out “No person” at the beginning and

substituting “Subject to subsection (1.1), no person”.

(2) Section

104 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Exemption

(1.1) Subsection

(1) does not apply to any person who,

(

a) is

a member of the Sikh religion;

(

b) has

unshorn hair; and

(

c) habitually

wears a turban composed of five or more square meters of cloth.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Highway Traffic

Amendment Act (Helmet Exemption for Sikh Motorcyclists), 2018 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

October 18, 2018

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

October 18, 2018

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

October 18, 2018

Second Reading

Debated

October 3, 2018

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

October 3, 2018

Committee

Second Reading

October 18, 2018

Mr. Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria, Mr. Gurratan Singh, Mr. Kaleed Rasheed, Mr. Amarjot Sandhu, Mr. Deepak Anand

October 18, 2018

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly.

Committee

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 41

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Highway Traffic Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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