Legislation

BE IT RESOLVED that the following be and the same is hereby adopted and enacted as a By-law of the Municipality of the County of Halifax when and if the same has received the approval of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, and that the Municipal Clerk be and he is hereby instructed to forward the same to the Minister and request his approval hereof.

Short Title

1. This By-Law shall be known as and may be cited as the "Interpretation By-law".

Judicial Rules of Construction Preserved

2. Nothing in this By-law excludes a judicial rule of construction that is applicable to a By- law and not inconsistent with this By-law.

Definitions

3. In this By-law and other By-laws of the Council of the Municipality of the County of Halifax unless the context otherwise indicates:

(a) "annual meeting" means the Second March meeting of the Council in each year; (Passed April 5, 1983, Approved May 18, 1983.)

(b) "bill" means an itemized account in favour of, or against the Municipality or any individual or corporation;

(c) "building" includes any structure placed on, over orunderland, and every part of the same, and any external chimney, stairway, porch or other fabric used in connection with a building whether affixed to the realty or not, but does not include a mobile home as defined in the Zoning By-law of the Municipality;

(d) "chairman" means the Warden, Deputy Warden, or any person appointed by the Council to preside over it or a person appointed by Council or a Committee or Board to preside over such Committee or Board;

(e) "clerk" means the Municipal Clerk of the Municipality; Passed April 5, 1983, Approved May 18, 1983.)

(f) "collector" means the Municipal Collector of the Municipality;

(g) "council" means the Council of the Municipality;

(h) "councillor" means a member of the Council;

(i) "deputy warden" means the Deputy Warden of the Municipality;

(j) "district" means a polling district of the Municipality, that is, a defined area which returns a Councillor to the Municipal Council;

(k) "engineer" means the Municipal Engineer of the municipality;

(l) "fence" means any fence or part of any fence;

(m) "in writing" and "written" includes printing, lithography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form;

(n) "month" means calendar month;

(o) "Municipality" means the Municipality of the County of Halifax;

(p) "quorum", as applied to the Council means a majority of the councillors constituting the Council; as applied to a Committee or Board means a majority of the members constituting the Committee or Board;

(q) "session" means the proceedings of the Council held on any one day;

(r) "treasurer" means the Treasurer of the Municipality;

(s) "warden" means the Warden of the Municipality;

(t) words importing the singular number only include the plural number and vice versa;

(u) words importing the masculine gender also include the feminine gender;

(v) words importing persons include corporations;

(w) "year" means the financial year which is the same as the calendar year;

(x) all references to the time of day shall be to that system of time in use in the Municipality at the relevant time whether it be "Atlantic Standard Time: or "Atlantic Daylight Time".

Interpretation Act

4. Unless the context otherwise requires the provisions of the Interpretation Act, Chapter 151, R.S.N.S., 1967, shall apply to this By-law and other By-laws of the Council and the terms therein defined shall mean the same in such By-laws.

Repeal

5. All former Interpretation By-laws passed by the Council are hereby repealed and this By-law substituted therefor.

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the By-law of which the foregoing is a true copy was duly passed at a duly called meeting of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of the County of Halifax duly held on the 18th day of January, A.D. 1972.

GIVEN under the hand of the Municipal Clerk and under the corporate seal of the said Municipality this 28th day of January, A.D. 1972.

(Sgd. R. G. Hattie Municipal Clerk

(sgd) W. E. Moseley
Deputy Minister

APPROVED this 9th day of August, 1972.
(sgd) J. F. Mooney
Minister of Municipal Affairsf