Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Helmet Exemption for Sikh Motorcyclists), 2017 Horwath, Andrea — Bill 29 (41st Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 29, 41-2

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Bill 29, Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Helmet Exemption for Sikh Motorcyclists), 2017

Horwath, Andrea

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Bill 29 2016

An 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. (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

2. This

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

Short

title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Highway Traffic Amendment

Act (Helmet Exemption for Sikh Motorcyclists), 2016 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

section 104 requirement to wear a

helmet.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

September 29, 2016

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

September 29, 2016

Consideration of the Bill

November 2, 2017

Declared carried.

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 29

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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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 29, 41-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s2 bill 29 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	e18611ad21848c24407a7b4bf324326e521e0248

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