Trespass or prohibited activity on certain premises
2023, c.34, s.3
3(1)No person shall trespass by motor vehicle or other means or engage in an activity on the following premises if the person has had notice from an authorized person not to trespass or engage in the activity:
(a)
the premises of a shop, store, shopping mall or shopping plaza;
(b)
the premises of a school, vocational school, university, college, trade school or other premises used for educational purposes;
(c)
the premises of a facility operated as a place of shelter from domestic violence; or
(d)
any other premises except
(i)
a premises referred to in subsection 4.1(1),
(iii)
land referred to in subsection 5(1) or section 6.
3(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), notice may be given
(a)
orally or in writing, or
(b)
by means of signs posted so that a sign is clearly visible in daylight under normal conditions from the approach to each ordinary point of access to the premises to which the notice applies.
3(3)A sign posted for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) giving notice that trespass is prohibited shall bear the words “no trespassing” or words of similar effect, plainly visible and legible.
3(4)A sign posted for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) giving notice that an activity is prohibited shall name the activity with an oblique line drawn through the name or show a graphic representation of the activity with an oblique line drawn through the graphic representation.
3(5)Notice given under this section shall be deemed to have been given by an authorized person until the contrary is proved.
3(6)Notice given under this section may relate to all or a part of the premises, and different notices may be given in relation to different parts of the premises.
1983, c.T-11.2, s.2; 1992, c.23, s.1; 2008, c.11, s.26; 2023, c.34, s.4