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An Act respecting the Property Rights of the People of Saskatchewan (Assented to , 1997) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title This Act may be cited as The Saskatchewan Property Rights Act.

Interpretation In this Act: “property” means land and chattels, and, in particular, includes firearms as those chattels are defined in the Firearms Act (Canada). Property Rights Everyone in Saskatchewan has the right to acquire, hold, use and sell property and not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice which, for the purposes of this Act, includes compensation for confiscation. Notwithstanding clause 4(1) Pursuant to subsection 33(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, this Act is declared to operate notwithstanding

section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

(2) This Act operates notwithstanding The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, particularly

Part I of that Act. Coming into force This Act comes into force on assent.